RADIATION ABSORBED DOSE RATES IN THE DEAD SEA REGION, JORDAN Page No: 2017-2022

Sherin A Saraireh, Abdul-Wali Ajlouni, Mashhoor Al-Wardat, and Hatim Al-Amairyeen

Keywords: Dead Sea, radiation, radiation hormoses, gamma radionuclides, black mud, radon.

Abstract: The present study introduces measurements of natural radiation doses due to gamma radio-nuclides in the Dead Sea, Jordan. This exploration implemented in the famous natural curative resource in Jordan, the Dead Sea. Our measurements show that this region has a proper level of external radiation due to gamma radionuclides, it lies within the normal levels of worldwide. The average registered gamma absorbed dose rates along the Dead Sea region is 75 nSvh-1. The range is between 16 to 260 nSvh-1.



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