The fallout from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident profiles a new dating reference in ice and comparison with the Chernobyl accident

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Feiteng Wang, Jing Ming, Ross Edwards, Zhongqin Li, Ninglian Wang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2020
• Subjects: dating; radioactivity; total β activity; Fukushima; snow and ice; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Pillar; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab83a9; https://doaj.org/article/377f67f7286548a2a22b13d4558450a9

Absolute-age dating horizons play a pillar role in the reconstruction of an ice core chronology. In the modern era, these have included the global fallout from massive volcanic eruptions, atmospheric and marine thermonuclear weapons testing and nuclear accidents. After the occurrence of the Fukushim...