Fukushima nuclear accident recorded in Tibetan Plateau snow pits.

The β radioactivity of snow-pit samples collected in the spring of 2011 on four Tibetan Plateau glaciers demonstrate a remarkable peak in each snow pit profile, with peaks about ten to tens of times higher than background levels. The timing of these peaks suggests that the high radioactivity resulte...

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Main Authors: Ninglian Wang, Xiaobo Wu, Natalie Kehrwald, Zhen Li, Quanlian Li, Xi Jiang, Jianchen Pu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4319914?pdf=render