Using ice core measurements from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, to calibrate in situ cosmogenic 14 C production rates by muons

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. N. Dyonisius, V. V. Petrenko, A. M. Smith, B. Hmiel, P. D. Neff, B. Yang, Q. Hua, J. Schmitt, S. A. Shackleton, C. Buizert, P. F. Place, J. A. Menking, R. Beaudette, C. Harth, M. Kalk, H. A. Roop, B. Bereiter, C. Armanetti, I. Vimont, S. Englund Michel, E. J. Brook, J. P. Severinghaus, R. F. Weiss, J. R. McConnell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Taylor Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-843-2023; https://doaj.org/article/07c7e30c42454b0aa85d33a5ab319094

Cosmic rays entering the Earth's atmosphere produce showers of secondary particles such as protons, neutrons, and muons. The interaction of these particles with oxygen-16 ( 16 O ) in minerals such as ice and quartz can produce carbon-14 ( 14 C ). In glacial ice, 14 C is also incorporated throug...