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: Dyonisius, Michael N., Petrenko, Vasilii V., Smith, Andrew M., Hmiel, Benjamin, Neff, Peter D., Yang, Bin, Hua, Quan, Schmitt, Jochen, Shackleton, Sarah A., Buizert, Christo, Place, Philip F., Menking, James A., Beaudette, Ross, Harth, Christina, Kalk, Michael, Roop, Heidi A., Bereiter, Bernhard, Armanetti, Casey, Vimont, Isaac, Englund Michel, Sylvia, Brook, Edward J., Severinghaus, Jeffrey P., Weiss, Ray F., McConnell, Joseph R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: 530 Physics; 000 Computer science; knowledge & systems; 540 Chemistry; 550 Earth sciences & geology; Taylor Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/185316/1/Dyonisius_14C_cosmogenic_production_Taylor_Glacier_TC_23.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/185316/

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 (16O) in minerals such as ice and quartz can produce carbon-14 (14C). In glacial ice, 14C is also incorporated through trapping o...