RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN MACROALGAE AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM THE BOSPHORUS

Radionuclide concentrations in macroalgae and sediment samples from the Bosphorus

Sayhan Topçuoglu, Nurdan Güngör

Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center. P.O.Box 1, Atatürk Airport, 34831, Istanbul, TURKEY

Abstract

The paper reports 134Cs, 137Cs and 40K radionuclide concentrations in macroalgae and sediment samples collected from the Bosphorus of Turkey. They were determined during the period of 1989-1990. The highest accumulation of 137Cs radionuclide was found in Enteromorpha linza species. The 134Cs and 137Cs levels reached peak values in all sediment samples collected from Sarıyer. The results showed that the Sarıyer station was the most contaminated among all the stations of the Bosphorus.

Keywords: Bosphorus, radionuclide, macroalgae, sediment

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THE MIOCENE SILL AT THE AEGEAN PROLONGATION OF THE STRAIT OF ÇANAKKALE

The Miocene sill at the Aegean prolongation of the Strait of Çanakkale

Bedri Alpar, Ertuğrul Doğan

University of Istanbul, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management Vefa, 34470 Istanbul, TURKEY

Abstract

The exit of the Strait of Çanakkale into the North Aegean Sea was explored by high-resolution shallow seismic method. The morphological and structural elements of the area were examined. The stratigraphic units were delineated. The role of a buried Miocene sill at the 9-km west part of the strait on the paleoceanographic evolution of the area has been discussed. An approximate paleoceanographic coastline representing the time 135-150 ky B.P. when the sea level was 130 m lower than it is today was reconstructed.

Keywords: Strait of Çanakkale, Aegean, Marmara, paleoceanography, Plio­ Quatemary, seismic stratigraphy

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Vol.5 – 1999 – No.3

Underwater signatures of the Kocaeli Earthquake (August 17th 1999)
Bedri Alpar

Tsunami generation of the Kocaeli Earthquake (August 17 1999) in the Izmit Bay; coastal observations, bathymetry and seismic data
Yıldız Altınok, Bedri Alpar, Şükrü Ersoy, Ahmet Cevdet Yalçıner

Seismic hazard assessment in the Gemlik Bay region following the 17 August Kocaeli Earthquake
Bedri Alpar, Sevin Çizmeci

The bathymetry of the Izmit Bay
A. Cem Güneysu

Vol.5 – 1999 – No.2

Evolution of the Hersek Delta (Izmit Bay)
Bedri Alpar, A. Cem Güneysu

Atylus massilensis Bellan-Santini, 1975 (Amphipoda, Dexaminidae) for the fauna of Turkish Black Sea
Murat Sezgin, Levent Bat

Investigations on weight loss occuring in winter season and growth of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) reared in the Black Sea
Temel Sahin, Bilal Akbulut, Muharrem Aksungur

Symptoms of a prominent Mediterranean layer blockage in the Strait of Istanbul (March 26-28, 1998) on the interactions of the Golden Horn Estuary
Bedri Alpar, Ertuğrul Doğan, Hüseyin Yüce, Hüsne Altiok, Ajun Kurter, Sabri Kara

A scheme for traffic separation at the Izmit Bay
Hüseyin Ertan, Güler Alkan

Vol.5 – 1999 – No.1

The miocene sill at the Aegean prolongation of the Strait of Çanakkale
Bedri Alpar, Ertuğrul Doğan

Radionuclide concentrations in macroalgae and sediment samples from the Bosphorus
Sayhan Topçuoğlu, Nurdan Güngör

Detergent pollution of the Black Sea, Istanbul Strait and Sea of Marmara in 1996
Kasım Cemal Güven, Selma Ünlü, Erdoğan Okuş, Ertuğrul Doğan, Veysel Eroğlu, Hasan Sarıkaya, İzzet Öztürk

Effect of weight loss occuring in winter season on growth of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) reared in the Black Sea
Bilal Akbulut, Temel Şahin

Tritaeta gibbosa Bate (1862) (Amphipoda, Dexaminidae) in the Turkish Black Sea fauna
Murat Sezgin