Sample | Sample type | 226Ra (Bq∙kg −1) | 232Th (Bq∙kg −1) | 40K (Bq∙kg −1) | |
1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H | 63634.66 ± 117.03 5462.52 ± 13.74 41226.26 ± 115.78 247.32 ± 2.74 204.52 ± 2.66 39478.03 ± 139.65 6455.06 ± 14.68 18752.33 ± 83.43 142245.40 ± 1982.97 194.03 ± 3.32 | 67.26 ± 6.92 10.33 ± 0.85 58.31 ± 7.97 59.46 ± 0.73 47.43 ± 0.66 102.39 ± 7.34 16.35 ± 1.36 18.10 ± 3.00 1842.86 ± 143.86 34.76 ± 0.71 | 560.33 ± 34.83 118.83 ± 6.69 334.52 ± 32.72 348.02 ± 3.75 293.01 ± 3.41 882.00 ± 59.25 100.15 ± 4.38 142.43 ± 22.16 21733.77 ± 916.25 313.47 ± 4.41 | ||
Mean | Sedimentary | 31790.01 ± 247.60 | 225.73 ± 17.34 | 2482.65 ± 108.79 | |
11H 12H | 82.39 ± 17.15** ---** | 4632.68 ± 43.86 4037.15 ± 39.56 | 1144.82 ± 55.17 874.94 ± 47.46 | ||
Mean | Conglomerate | 82.39 ± 17.15 | 4334.92 ± 41.71 | 1009.88 ± 51.32 | |
13H 14H 15H 16H 17H 18H 19H | 140.06 ± 2.82 1498.50 ± 13.71 1679.59 ± 11.52 22263.65 ± 38.99 698.70 ± 5.77 7761.36 ± 25.36 1838.03 ± 11.88 | 106.08 ± 1.08 8740.40 ± 8.37 5668.61 ± 6.80 1753.61 ± 6.72 587.54 ± 2.09 9278.23 ± 10.60 2152.81 ± 5.48 | 1501.88 ± 8.23 1880.67 ± 12.20 1724.92 ± 10.94 2003.49 ± 19.74 298.35 ± 4.26 2052.18 ± 18.31 673.61 ± 9.38 | ||
mean | Igneous | 5125.7 ± 15.72 | 4041.04 ± 5.88 | 1447.87 ± 11.87 | |
20H 21H | 10163.53 ± 210.93 6143.89 ± 155.16 | 115234.39 ± 203.11 41878.96 ± 97.31 | 9582.31 ± 175.88 3698.30 ± 112.41 | ||
Mean | Sediments | 8153.71 ± 183.05 | 78556.68 ± 150.21 | 6640.31 ± 144.15 | |
Previous works
| Greek [25] | 74 | 85 | 881 | |
India [26] | 25.88 | 42.82 | 560.6 | ||
Iran [27] | 77.4 | 44.5 | 1017.2 | ||
Jordan [28] | 41.5 | 58.4 | 897 | ||
Nigeria [29] | 63.29 | 226.6 | 832.5 | ||
Palestine [30] | 71 | 82 | 780 | ||
Spain [31] | 84 | 42 | 1138 | ||
S. Arbia [32] | 28.8 | 34.8 | 665.08 | ||
Turkey [33] | 80 | 101 | 974 | ||
Egypt [22] | 137 | 82 | 1082 | ||
Egypt [21] | 13176.00 | 11883.00 | 1573.00 | ||
Present study | 18508.49 ± 148.93 | 9614.53 ± 27.94 | 2469.35 ± 75.72 | ||