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Sediment samples were collected from urban zones in Ekaterinburg over the course of a year in order to analyze the gross beta activity. The bulk samples were categorized into three size groups: dust, fine sand, and coarse sand. A small amount of the obtained samples was used to develop a new method for measuring the concentration of gross-beta activity. The results show a statistically significant trend in beta-activity as the dust size of the samples increased between winter and autumn. The observed dependencies reflect geochemical processes in the formation and transportation of urban sediment.
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Hanfi, M.Y., Yarmoshenko, I.V., Seleznev, A.A. et al. The gross beta activity of surface sediment in different urban landscape areas. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 321, 831–839 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06657-9
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