Geochemical and isotope anomalies in Sioma river gorge, central Tajikistan

Душанбе, Июн 21 2021

Abstract: For a better understanding of the previously observed increased natural radioactivity at the confluence of Varzob and Sioma rivers, the activity concentration of natural radioactive ⁴⁰K, Th and U daughters as well as of the anthropogenic ¹³⁷Cs were determined in nine sampling points covering the entire Sioma river. The radiometric determinations evidenced, beside increased activity concentrations of Th and U daughter radionuclides, an anomalous accumulation of anthropic ¹³⁷Cs and natural ²¹⁰Pb in the middle of the Sioma gorge.

Complementarity, the mass fractions of natural Th and U determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) evidencing an increased presence of Th and U which, in some places overpasses six times the average mass fraction found in the Upper Continental Crust. The ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb activity concentrations did not correlate with the other radionuclides or Th and U presence, but were reciprocally correlated suggesting an active air transport from the southern Tadjik plane most probably during the Afgan storms. At their turn, the increased presence of Th and U as gamma-ray spectroscopy and INAA determinations proved could be attributed to the existence of actinides rich minerals, similar to those fond on neighbouring Odjuk pegmatite field.

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Geochemical and isotope anomalies in Sioma river gorge, central Tajikistan