Chemical and Radiological Characterizations of the Desert Dust Coming from Northern Africa to Batman (Southeastern Turkey)

Ümit Işık; Uğur Çevik; Dicle Bal Akkoca; Kahraman Oğuz; Nevzat Damla

doi:10.17776/csj.1052281

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Chemical and Radiological Characterizations of the Desert Dust Coming from Northern Africa to Batman (Southeastern Turkey)

Abstract

This work investigates the chemical and radiological characterizations of the dust coming from Sahara in North Africa to Batman city in the southeastern region of Turkey on 20 May 2017. According to meteorological maps, the source region of the dust storm that took place in Batman was found to be Libya, which is supported by the NOAA HYSPLIT model’s back trajectory analysis. XRD analyses show that the common minerals of the dust samples are quartz, feldspars, calcite, dolomite, hematite and rutile. Chemical patterns of some major, minor and trace elements in dust samples are generally consistent with those of Saharan Dust composition. The heavy metals in the dust follow the decreasing concentration order: Mn > Zn > Cr >Ni > Cu > Pb. The enrichment factors (EF) of these elements show anthropogenic contamination effects with regard to Zn, Cr and S elements in dust samples. The corresponding values of the radionuclides, the absorbed dose rates in the air and the annual effective doses in the samples were also evaluated and compared to the internationally recommended values. The findings are supposed to be beneficial for tracking and evaluating any environmental pollution inventory in this area.

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Classical Physics (Other)

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Ümit Işık ^*
0000-0003-2889-2832
Türkiye

Uğur Çevik
0000-0002-9797-0294
Türkiye

Dicle Bal Akkoca
0000-0002-6567-7739
Türkiye

Kahraman Oğuz
0000-0001-5305-6145
Türkiye

Nevzat Damla
0000-0003-1253-597X
Türkiye

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September 30, 2022

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January 2, 2022

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August 8, 2022

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Year 2022 Volume: 43 Number: 3

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Işık, Ü., Çevik, U., Bal Akkoca, D., Oğuz, K., & Damla, N. (2022). Chemical and Radiological Characterizations of the Desert Dust Coming from Northern Africa to Batman (Southeastern Turkey). Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 43(3), 526-533. https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.1052281

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