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Distribution Study of U, V, Mo, and Zr in Different Sites of Lakes Van and Hazar, River and Seawater Samples by ICP-MS     
Yazarlar
Mehmet Yaman
Fırat Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Muharrem İnce
Tunceli Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Erel Ensar
Emine Cengiz
Tülin Bal
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çiğdem ER ÇALIŞKAN Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çiğdem ER ÇALIŞKAN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fevzi Kılıçel
Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The aim of this study is to investigate the concentrations of U, Th, V, Mo, and Zr in natural waters taken from Turkey. Among these water species, Lake Van is the largest soda lake and the fourth largest closed basin on Earth. The water samples were collected from 51 locations between 2008 and 2009. The inductively coupled plasma-MS was used for determinations. The obtained U and Zr concentrations are in the range of 37-110 mu g L(-1) and 17-78 mu g L(-1) in Lake Van and 0.53-0.81 mu g L(-1) and 0.15-0.19 mu g L(-1) in Lake Hazar, respectively. The concentration of uranium in other studied waters varies from the lowest 0.09 mu g L(-1) in Tigris (Dicle) river to the highest 4.0 mu g L(-1) in Mediterranean Sea water. Mean Mo and V concentrations in the studied water samples were found to be in ranges of 0.1-17 and 2.7-113 mu g L(-1), respectively. The obtained highest U concentration in Lake Van correlates with the highest Mo and Zr levels compared to the Lake Hazar and river waters. These results imply that there is a young occurrence of uranium minerals around Lake Van. It is concluded that there is about 50.000 ton of uranium in Lake Van water.
Anahtar Kelimeler
ICP-MS, Molybdenum, Natural waters, Uranium, Vanadium, Zirconium
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı CLEAN-SOIL AIR WATER (Wiley)
Dergi ISSN 1863-0650
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 05-2011
Cilt No 39
Sayı 6
Sayfalar 530 / 536
Doi Numarası 10.1002/clen.201000526
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clen.201000526