| Autor: | A. K. Tynybekov, David M. Hamby |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Hydrology education.field_of_study geography Radionuclide geography.geographical_feature_category Population Radioactive waste chemistry.chemical_element General Medicine Management Monitoring Policy and Law Uranium Pollution Soil contamination chemistry Soil water Environmental science Spatial variability education General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 73:101-108 |
| ISSN: | 0167-6369 |
| DOI: | 10.1023/a:1013071414970 |
| Popis: | The Kyrghyz Republic, located in the southeastern region ofthe former Soviet Union, maintains a population of more thanone-half-million persons and is heavily dependent on LakeIssyk-Kyol, both to draw tourists to the area and for itsutilization by some as a food and recreation source. Historical surveys, conducted primarily for geologicalexploration, have indicated that localized areas ofshoreline on Lake Issyk-Kyol have relative radiation levelsin excess of ambient background by as much as a factor often. Uranium mining operations in the mountains borderingthe lake to the south may have resulted in the contaminationof a number of areas on the lake's southern shore. Concentrations of naturally occurring uranium, thorium, andpotassium are present in these soils in elevated quantities. This paper presents the results of an investigation of soilconcentrations along the shoreline of Lake Issyk-Kyolrelative to previously discovered areas of high exposurerate. |
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