Radioactive Cesium from the Chernobyl Accident in the Greenland Ice Sheet
- 7 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 237 (4815) , 633-634
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3603043
Abstract
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.Keywords
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