Books
European Atlas of Natural Radiation
The European Atlas of Natural Radiation (EANR) presents the current state of knowledge of natural radiation in the European Union, providing background information and describing the various sources of radiation. The Atlas results from a compilation of contributions and reviews received from more than 100 experts from universities, research centres, national and European authorities, and international organisations.
The Laboratory of Natural Radioactivity contributed to the description of the influence of geological factors on the distribution of natural radioactive isotopes (chapter 2.3), to the definition of the methodology to estimate the distribution of terrestrial radionuclides (Uranium, Thorium and Potassium) in geological substrate and in the elaboration of maps of Uranium, Thorium and Potassium concentration in bedrock for the Portuguese territory (chapter 3.4).
Cinelli, G., De Cort, M. & Tollefsen, T. (Eds.), European Atlas of Natural Radiation, Publication Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019. Available at https://remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu/About/Atlas-of-Natural-Radiation.
Articles in scientific journals
Baptista, E., Pereira, A. J., Domingos, F. P., & Sêco, S. L. (2022). Radon and thoron concentrations in the southwest region of Angola: dose assessment and implications for risk mapping. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01226-8.
Jorge, M. P., Pereira, A. J. S. C., 2020. A carsificação como fator potenciador de risco de radão: o caso das grutas da Moeda (Fátima – Portugal central) e região envolvente. Comunicações Geológicas, Especial 11, 173-177. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/27_Jorge-e-Pereira_revisto_173-177_RD.pdf.
Madureira, J., Paciência, I., Rufo, J., Moreira, A., de Oliveira Fernandes, E., & Pereira, A. (2016). Radon in indoor air of primary schools: determinant factors, their variability and effective dose. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 38(2), 523-533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-015-9737-5.
Martins, L. M. O., Gomes, M. E. P., Teixeira, R. J. S., Pereira, A. J. S. C., & Neves, L. J. P. F. (2016). Indoor radon risk associated to post-tectonic biotite granites from Vila Pouca de Aguiar pluton, northern Portugal. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 133, 164-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.07.009.
Silva, A. S., Dinis, M. L., & Pereira, A. J. S. C. (2016). Assessment of indoor radon levels in Portuguese thermal spas. Radioprotection, 51(4), 249-254.
https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2016077.
Donner, R. V., Potirakis, S. M., Barbosa, S. M., Matos, J. A., Pereira, A. J., & Neves, L. J. (2015). Intrinsic vs. spurious long-range memory in high-frequency records of environmental radioactivity. The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 224(4), 741-762. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2015-02404-1.
Nunes, J., Silva, J., Freitas, H., Neves, L., & Pereira, A. (2015). Isolation of natural radiation to indoor applications with wood-based products: a case study of the central region of Portugal. International Wood Products Journal, 6(3), 100-111. https://doi.org/10.1179/2042645315Y.0000000001.
Louro, A., Peralta, L., Soares, S., Pereira, A., Cunha, G., Belchior, A., Ferreira, L., Gil, O. M., Louro, H., Pinto, P., Rodrigues, A. S., Silva, M. J. & Teles, P. (2013). Human exposure to indoor radon: a survey in the region of Guarda, Portugal. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 154(2), 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncs166.
Neves, L. J. P. F., Barbosa, S. M., & Pereira, A. J. S. C. (2009). Indoor radon periodicities and their physical constraints: a study in the Coimbra region (Central Portugal). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100(10), 896-904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.06.017.
Martins, L. M. O., Pereira, A. J. S. C., Sousa Oliveira, A., Sanches Fernandes, L .F., Pacheco, F. A. L., 2020. A new radon prediction approach for an assessment of radiological potential in drinking water. Science of the Total Environment. Volume 712, 136427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136427
Martins, L., Pereira, A., Oliveira, A., Fernandes, A., Sanches Fernandes, L. F., & Pacheco, F. A. L., 2019. An assessment of groundwater contamination risk with radon based on clustering and structural models. Water, 11(5), 1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11051107.
Martins, L., Pereira, A., Oliveira, A., Fernandes, L. S., & Pacheco, F. 2019. Path modelling analysis of natural radioactivity in drinking water and public health impacts. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 239, 295-304. https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-ecology-and-the-environment/239/37482.
Costa, M. R., Pereira, A. J. S. C., Neves, L. J. P. F., & Ferreira, A. (2017). Potential human health impact of groundwater in non-exploited uranium ores: The case of Horta da Vilariça (NE Portugal). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 183, 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2017.03.010.
Pereira, A. J. S. C., Pereira, M. D., Neves, L. J. P. F., Azevedo, J. M. M., & Campos, A. B. A. (2015). Evaluation of groundwater quality based on radiological and hydrochemical data from two uraniferous regions of Western Iberia: Nisa (Portugal) and Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain). Environmental Earth Sciences, 73(6), 2717-2731. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3500-6.
Martins, L. M. O., Gomes, M. E. P., Neves, L. J. P. F., & Pereira, A. J. S. C. (2013). The influence of geological factors on radon risk in groundwater and dwellings in the region of Amarante (Northern Portugal). Environmental Earth Sciences, 68(3), 733-740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1774-0.
Siegesmund, S., Pereira, A., Sousa, L., Rucker, S., Kallas, L., Kopka, B., Domingos, F., Sêco, S. (2022). Is there any health danger by radioactivity on the use of dimensional stones?. Environmental Earth Sciences. 10.1007/s12665-022-10483-w.
Aladeniyi, K., Arogunjo, A. M., Pereira, A. J. S. C., UddinKhandaker, M. U., Bradley, D. A., Sulieman, A., 2021. Evaluation of radiometric standards of major building materials used in dwellings of South-Western Nigeria. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. Volume 178, 109021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.109021.
Pereira, A. J. S. C., Pereira, D., Neves, L., Peinado, M., & Armenteros, I. (2013). Radiological data on building stones from a Spanish region: Castilla y León. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 13(12), 3493-3501. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-3493-2013.
Pereira, D., Neves, L., Pereira, A., Peinado, M., Blanco, J. A., & Tejado, J. J. (2012). A radiological study of some ornamental stones: the bluish granites from Extremadura (Spain). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 12(2), 395-401. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-395-2012.
Lamas, R., Miranda, M. M., Pereira, A. J. S. C., Neves, L. J. P. F., Ferreira, N., & Rodrigues, N. V. 2017. 3-D distribution of the radioelements in the granitic rocks of Northern and Central Portugal and geothermal implications. Journal of Iberian Geology, 43(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-017-0001-y.
Teixeira, R. J. S., Martins, L. M. O., Gomes, M. E. P., Pereira, A. J. C. M., Ferreira, N., Pereira, A. J. S. C., & Neves, L. J. P. F. (2014). Dados geoquímicos e radiométricos preliminares dos granitos da região de Vila Real, Norte de Portugal. Comunicações Geológicas, 101(I), 229-232. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/44_2867_ART_CG14_ESPECIAL_I.pdf.
Gomes, M. E. P., Martins, L. M. O., Neves, L. J. P. F., & Pereira, A. J. C. S. (2013). Natural radiation and geochemical data for rocks and soils, in the North International Douro Cliffs (NE Portugal). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 130, 60-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.03.001.
Pereira, A. J. S. C., & Neves, L. J. P. F. (2012). Estimation of the radiological background and dose assessment in areas with naturally occurring uranium geochemical anomalies—a case study in the Iberian Massif (Central Portugal). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 112, 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.05.022.
Gomes, M. E. P., Neves, L. J. P. F., Coelho, F., Carvalho, A., Sousa, M., & Pereira, A. J. S. C. (2011). Geochemistry of granites and metasediments of the urban area of Vila Real (northern Portugal) and correlative radon risk. Environmental Earth Sciences, 64(2), 497-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0873-z.
Gómez, D. P., Neves, L., Pereira, A., & Neila, C. G. (2011). Natural radioactivity in ornamental stones: an approach to its study using stones from Iberia. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 70(4), 543-547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-011-0389-0.
Sêco, S. L. R, Duarte, L. V., Pereira, A. J. S. C., Silva, R. L. 2021. A eficácia da espectrometria gama na definição de unidades ricas em matéria orgânica do Jurássico Inferior da Bacia Lusitânica. Boletim de Minas, V. 55, 2, 259-271. https://www.dgeg.gov.pt/media/fxid0e3r/12_boletim_55-2-a-eficácia-da-espectometria_259_271.pdf
Sêco, S. L. R., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, A. J. S. C., Domingos, F., 2021. Sources of uncertainty in field gamma-ray spectrometry: implications for exploration in the Lower-Middle Jurassic sedimentary succession of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 106799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106799.
Sêco, S. L., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, A. J., & Silva, R. L. 2018. Field gamma-ray patterns and stratigraphic reinterpretation of offshore well-log data from Lower Jurassic organic-rich units of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 98, 860-872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.07.036.
Dinis, P. A., Pereira, A. C., Quinzeca, D., & Jombi, D. 2017. Gamma-ray dose rate surveys help investigating century-scale beach ridge progradation in the wave-dominated Catumbela delta (Angola). Geo-Marine Letters, 37(5), 489-500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-017-0497-3.
Sêco, S. L. R., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, A. J. S. C. (2015). Utilização da espectrometria gama na caracterização das unidades da base do Jurássico Inferior do sector norte da Bacia Lusitânica (Portugal): Dados preliminares. Comunicações Geológicas, 102, Especial I, 41-44. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/5-Seco-et-al_Ut.-da-esp.-gama-no-Jur%C3%A1ssico-Inferior-do-sector-norte-da-bacia-Lusit%C3%A2nica_SM.pdf.
Correia, G. G., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, A. C., Silva, R. L., & Mendonça Filho, J. G. (2013). Utilização da espectrometria de raios gama na caracterização das fácies ricas em matéria orgânica do Sinemuriano-Pliensbaquiano da Bacia Lusitânica (Portugal). Comunicações Geológicas, 100, Especial I, 77-82. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/11_ART_CG13_ESPECIAL_I_Editores_FINAL_corr4.pdf.
Correia, G., Duarte, L. V., & Pereira, A. C. (2013). Evidências paleogeográficas e correlação estratigráfica através da utilização da espectrometria de raios gama no Toarciano inferior de diferentes sectores da Bacia Lusitânica. Fácies carbonatadas ricas em matéria orgânica do Jurássico da Bacia Lusitânica. Novos contributos paleontológicos, sedimentológicos e geoquímicos. Comunicações Geológicas, 100, 89-93. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/13_ART_CG13_ESPECIAL_Editores_FINAL_corr.pdf
Correia, G. G., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, A., Silva, R. L. (2012). Outcrop gamma-ray spectrometry: Applications to the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian organic-rich facies of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Journal of Iberian Geology, 38 (2), 373-388. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_JIGE.2012.v38.n2.40464.
Barbosa, S. M., Lopes, F., Correia, A. D., Barbosa, S., Pereira, A. C., & Neves, L. F. (2015). Temporal variability of radon in a remediated tailing of uranium ore processing–the case of Urgeiriça (central Portugal). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 142, 14-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.12.015.
Pereira, A. J. S. C., Barbosa, S. M., Neves, L. J. P. F., & Aumento, F. (2011). Soil-gas radon monitoring in an active granite quarry from central Portugal. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 11(7), 1845-1849. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-1845-2011.
Pereira, A. J. S. C., Godinho, M. M., & Neves, L. J. P. F. (2010). On the influence of faulting on small-scale soil-gas radon variability: a case study in the Iberian Uranium Province. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 101(10), 875-882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.05.014.
Siegesmund, S., Pereira, A., Sousa, L., Rucker, S., Kallas, L., Kopka, B., Domingos, F., Sêco, S. (2022). Is there any health danger by radioactivity on the use of dimensional stones?. Environmental Earth Sciences. 10.1007/s12665-022-10483-w.
Baptista, E., Pereira, A. J., Domingos, F. P., & Sêco, S. L. (2022). Radon and thoron concentrations in the southwest region of Angola: dose assessment and implications for risk mapping. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01226-8.
Domingos, F. P., Sêco, S. L., & Pereira, A. J. S. C., 2021. Thoron and radon exhalation and emanation from granitic rocks outcropping in the Central Iberian Zone (Portugal). Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(22), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-10008-x.
Sêco, S., Domingos, F., Pereira, A., Duarte, L. V, 2020. Estimation of the radon production potential in sedimentary rocks: a case study in the Lower and Middle Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 220-221, 11 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106272.
Domingos, F., Pereira, A. 2018. Implications of alteration processes on radon emanation, radon production rate and W-Sn exploration in the Panasqueira ore district. Science of the Total Environment, 622-623, 825-840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.028.
Domingos, F., Lopes, F. C., Pereira, A. 2017. Segregação metamórfica na região da Panasqueira: efeitos na capacidade de produção de radão de rochas metassedimentares. Comunicações Geológicas, 104, I, 9-13. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2_CG17-01-0102-Filipa-Domingos.pdf.
Pereira, A., Lamas, R., Miranda, M., Domingos, F., Neves, L. & Ferreira, N., 2017. Estimation of the radon production rate in granite rocks and evaluation of the implications for geogenic radon potential maps: a case study in Central Portugal. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 166, 270-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.08.022.
Lamas, R., Pereira, A., & Neves, L. (2015). Avaliação do potencial de exalação em gás radão e atividade em 226 Ra em rochas graníticas hercínicas de uma sondagem profunda (Almeida-Portugal Central). Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Comunicações Geológicas, 102, 77-80. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/10_ART_CG16_003-1902_Lamas_al_publicar.pdf.
Baptista, E., Pereira, A. J., Domingos, F. P., & Sêco, S. L. (2022). Radon and thoron concentrations in the southwest region of Angola: dose assessment and implications for risk mapping. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 1-22. https://radonjournal.net/index.php/radon/article/view/7554.
Bossew, P., Čeliković, I. Cinelli, G., Ciotoli, G. C., Domingos, F., Gruber, V., Leonardi, F., Nikolov, J., Pantelić, G., Pereira, A., Petermann, E., Todorović, N., Trevisi, R. On harmonization of radon maps. Journal of the European Radon Association. https://radonjournal.net/index.php/radon/article/view/7554.
Gruber, V., Baumann, S., Alber, O., Laubbichler, C., Bossew, P., Petermann, E., Ciotoli, G., Pereira, A., Domingos, F., Tondeur, F., Cinelli, G., Fernandez, A., Sainz, C., Quindos-Poncela, L. 2021. Comparison of radon mapping methods for the delineation of radon priority areas–an exercise. Journal of the European Radon Association, Volume 2, 14 p. https://radonjournal.net/index.php/radon/article/view/5755.
Domingos, F., Cinelli, G., Neves, L., Pereira, A., Braga, R., Bossew, P., Tollefsen, T. 2020. Validation of a database of mean uranium, thorium and potassium concentrations in rock samples of Portuguese geological units, generated of literature data. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 222, 106338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106338.
Martins, L., Pereira, A., Oliveira, A., Fernandes, A., Sanches Fernandes, L. F., & Pacheco, F. A. L., 2019. An assessment of groundwater contamination risk with radon based on clustering and structural models. Water, 11(5), 1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11051107.
Silva, N. C., Bossew, P., Filho, A. F., Campos, T. F. C., Pereira, A. J. S. C., Yoshimura, E. M., Veiga, L. H. S., Campos, M. P., Rocha, Z., Paschuk, A. A., & Bonotto, D. M. (2014). Towards a Brazilian radon map: consortium radon Brazil. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 160(1-3), 226-230. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncu089.
Gomes, M. E. P., Neves, L. J. P. F., Coelho, F., Carvalho, A., Sousa, M., & Pereira, A. J. S. C. (2011). Geochemistry of granites and metasediments of the urban area of Vila Real (northern Portugal) and correlative radon risk. Environmental Earth Sciences, 64(2), 497-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0873-z.