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Vertical distribution of elements in non-polluted estuarine sediments determined by neutron induced prompt gamma-ray and instrumental neutron activation analyses

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Neutron induced prompt gamma-ray analysis (PGA) and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) have been applied to the sediments collected from the Yasaka River estuary in Oita Prefecture, Japan. The vertical distribution of 33 elements in the sediments has been determined and compared with that in more polluted estuarine sediments. While the S content increased with increasing depth because of a sulphide accumulation under reducing condition, the increase in sulphide-forming elements such as Ag, Cd, Co and Zn was not observed in the deeper section of the Yasaka River estuarine sediments.

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  1. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, 153, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

    A. Kuno, K. Sampei & M. Matsuo

  2. Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 319-11, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, Japan

    C. Yonezawa & H. Matsue

  3. Research Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 319-11, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, Japan

    H. Sawahata

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Kuno, A., Sampei, K., Matsuo, M. et al. Vertical distribution of elements in non-polluted estuarine sediments determined by neutron induced prompt gamma-ray and instrumental neutron activation analyses. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 239, 587–590 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02349074

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