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Gamma activation analysis of marine sediments at Havana Bay, Cuba

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Twenty six elements was studied preliminary in the superficial sediments of Havana Bay using gamma activation analysis by the electron accelerator microtron MT-25 at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR. Samples from five zones of Havana Bay including the three coves were analyzed. The obtained results show a close relation between the concentration levels of the studied elements and the pollution sources. Some elements (As, Ba, Ni, Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe, Cr, Mn) have high concentration levels compared to the values for other environmental marine sediments reported in the literature.

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  1. Instituto Superior de Tecnología y Ciencias Aplicadas, InSTEC, Ave. Salvador Allende y Luaces, Quinta de los Molinos, Habana 10600, A.P. 6163, ISCTN, La Habana, Cuba

    A. Gelen

  2. Instituto Superior de Tecnología y Ciencias Aplicadas, InSTEC, Ave. Salvador Allende y Luaces, Quinta de los Molinos, Habana 10600, A.P. 6163, ISCTN, La Habana, Cuba

    N. López

  3. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, JINR, Dubna 141980, Russia

    O. D. Maslov

  4. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, JINR, Dubna 141980, Russia

    A. G. Belov

  5. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, JINR, Dubna 141980, Russia

    M. V. Gustova

  6. Instituto Superior de Tecnología y Ciencias Aplicadas, InSTEC, Ave. Salvador Allende y Luaces, Quinta de los Molinos, Habana 10600, A.P. 6163, ISCTN, La Habana, Cuba

    O. Díaz

  7. Centro de Ingeniería y Manejo Ambiental de Bahías y Costas, CIMAB, Casablanca, Finca La Tiscornia, La Habana, Cuba

    J. Beltrán

  8. Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Cardenal Herrera Oria s/n, CP 39011, Santander, Spain

    J. Soto

  9. Instituto Superior de Tecnología y Ciencias Aplicadas, InSTEC, Ave. Salvador Allende y Luaces, Quinta de los Molinos, Habana 10600, A.P. 6163, ISCTN, La Habana, Cuba

    M. V. Manso Guevara

  10. Centro de Ingeniería y Manejo Ambiental de Bahías y Costas, CIMAB, Casablanca, Finca La Tiscornia, La Habana, Cuba

    M. Pérez

  11. Instituto Superior de Tecnología y Ciencias Aplicadas, InSTEC, Ave. Salvador Allende y Luaces, Quinta de los Molinos, Habana 10600, A.P. 6163, ISCTN, La Habana, Cuba

    M. J. Simón

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Gelen, A., López, N., Maslov, O. et al. Gamma activation analysis of marine sediments at Havana Bay, Cuba. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 266, 485–490 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-005-0935-y

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