Publication Date:
1987-08-07
Description:
Measurements of cesium-134 and cesium-137 in Greenland snow together with models of long-range transport have been used to assess radionuclide deposition in the Arctic after the Chernobyl accident. The results suggest that a well-defined layer of radioactive cesium is now present in polar glaciers, providing a new reference for estimating snow accumulation rates and dating ice core samples.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Davidson, C I -- Harrington, J R -- Stephenson, M J -- Monaghan, M C -- Pudykiewicz, J -- Schell, W R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Aug 7;237(4815):633-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3603043" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Accidents
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*Cesium Radioisotopes
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Greenland
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Models, Theoretical
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*Nuclear Reactors
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*Radioactive Fallout
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Snow
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Ukraine
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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