Uranium record from a 3 m snow pit at Dome Argus, East Antarctica.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Xiang Zou, Shugui Hou, Ke Liu, Jinhai Yu, Wangbin Zhang, Hongxi Pang, Rong Hua, Paul Mayewski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Dome Argus; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206598; https://doaj.org/article/0b1e3d4997204e1599fd68e190087bb5

Understanding the distribution and transport of Uranium is important because it can lead to both chemical and radiological toxicity. This study presents the Uranium concentrations time series from 1964 to 2009 obtained from a 3 m deep snow pit at Dome Argus, East Antarctic Plateau. The data shows th...