[en] Sediment accumulation rates were estimated from the vertical distribution of excess 210Pb in sediment cores collected at six stations in the Goekova Bay near the heavily industrialized Turkish Coastal zone of the Aegean Sea. Total 210Pb was determined by measuring 210Po activities. The sediment accumulation rates were calculated to vary from 0.32±0.01 cm yr-1 (0.17±0.01 g cm-2 yr-1) to 1.92±0.20 cm yr-1 (1.13±0.10 g cm-2 yr-1). The unsupported 210Pb flux was calculated from the accumulated dry matter of the examined slices and their unsupported 210Pb concentrations. The flux of unsupported 210Pb varies between 62±5 and 105±8 Bq m-2 yr-1. The average depositional flux was found to be considerably higher for cores from the Mediterranean
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[en] Samples of marine surface sediments of different grain sizes collected in Goekova , a small bay on the Aegean Turkish Coast, have been examined to measure α- and γ- radioactivity. The purpose of this research is to define a baseline study of man-made radionuclides on sediments collected along Goekova Bay, using a combination of direct gamma spectrometry, radiochemical separation and a-spectrometry. As the artificial radionuclides, ''1''3''7Cs for all sediment cores samples were under detection limit. The activity concentrations of the ''2''3''9'',''2''4''0Pu were observed to be in the range of 0.13±0.017-0.85±0.15Bq.kg''-''1. ''2''4''1Am and ''2''3''8Pu were identified at a very low level
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Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Ankara (Turkey); International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris (France); State Planning Organization, Ankara (Turkey); Ege University, Izmir (Turkey); Institute of Nuclear Physics of Uzbekistan Academy of Science, Taskent (Uzbekistan); National Acedemy of Science of Kyrgyzstan, Biskek (Kyrgyzstan); Institute of Nuclear Physics of National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan, Almaty (Kazakhstan); Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, Baku (Azerbaijan); 642 p; ISBN 975-19-2768-4; 
; 2001; p. 626-632; 1. Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and Its Application; 1. Avrasya Nuekleer Bilimler ve Uygulamalari Konferansi; Izmir (Turkey); 23-27 Oct 2000; Available from Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Ankara (Turkey)
; 2001; p. 626-632; 1. Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and Its Application; 1. Avrasya Nuekleer Bilimler ve Uygulamalari Konferansi; Izmir (Turkey); 23-27 Oct 2000; Available from Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Ankara (Turkey)