Chronology of Pu isotopes and 236 U in an Arctic ice core

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Wendel, Cato Christian, Oughton, D, Lind, O, Skipperud, Lindis, Fifield, L Keith, Isaksson, E, Tims, Stephen, Salbu, Brit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Keywords: Accelerator mass spectrometry; Activity concentration; AMS; Arctic; Atom ratio; Biogeochemical cycle; Ice core; Isotopic fingerprinting; Fallout; Isotopes; Mass spectrometry; Plutonium alloys; Troposphere; Ice; cesium 137; plutonium 239; plutonium 240; ra 236U/239Pu; 240Pu/239Pu; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73970; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.054; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/73970/5/f5625xPUB3912_2013.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/73970/7/01_Wendel_Chronology_of_Pu_isotopes_and__2013.pdf.jpg

In the present work, state of the art isotopic fingerprinting techniques are applied to an Arctic ice core in order to quantify deposition of U and Pu, and to identify possible tropospheric transport of debris from former Soviet Union test sites Semipalat