Radioactivity in Urban Soil Samples from Dhaka City

Activity concentrations of radium-226, thorium-232, and potassium-40 measured in urban soil samples collected from Dhaka city. The dataset likely contains mean activity concentrations and radium equivalent activity calculations for thirty different areas. It was created by Shikha Pervin and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing environmental radioactivity levels based on measured concentrations of radium-226, thorium-232, and potassium-40.
• Comparing measured activity concentrations to global safety thresholds and internationally accepted limits.
• Calculating radium equivalent activity for urban soil samples.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of naturally occurring radionuclides across thirty different urban areas.

Strengths

• Data is focused on a specific urban geography: Dhaka city.
• The dataset includes measurements for three key naturally occurring radionuclides.
• It is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is 13.5 KB, indicating a very small scale.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Urban soil samples were collected from Dhaka city.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 17:31:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dhaka city, Bangladesh.