globalchange  > 气候变化与战略
DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-657-2020
论文题名:
Cryoconite: An efficient accumulator of radioactive fallout in glacial environments
作者: Baccolo G.; Łokas E.; Gaca P.; Massabò D.; Ambrosini R.; Azzoni R.S.; Clason C.; Di Mauro B.; Franzetti A.; Nastasi M.; Prata M.; Prati P.; Previtali E.; Delmonte B.; Maggi V.
刊名: Cryosphere
ISSN: 19940416
出版年: 2020
卷: 14, 期:2
起始页码: 657
结束页码: 672
语种: 英语
英文关键词: atmospheric deposition ; Chernobyl accident ; environmental monitoring ; fallout ; glacial environment ; glacier dynamics ; radionuclide migration ; valley glacier ; Chernobyl ; Kiev [Ukraine] ; Ukraine ; Bryophyta
英文摘要: Cryoconite is rich in natural and artificial radioactivity, but a discussion about its ability to accumulate radionuclides is lacking. A characterization of cryoconite from two Alpine glaciers is presented here. Results confirm that cryoconite is significantly more radioactive than the matrices usually adopted for the environmental monitoring of radioactivity, such as lichens and mosses, with activity concentrations exceeding 10 000 Bq kg-1 for single radionuclides. This makes cryoconite an ideal matrix to investigate the deposition and occurrence of radioactive species in glacial environments. In addition, cryoconite can be used to track environmental radioactivity sources. We have exploited atomic and activity ratios of artificial radionuclides to identify the sources of the anthropogenic radioactivity accumulated in our samples. The signature of cryoconite from different Alpine glaciers is compatible with the stratospheric global fallout and Chernobyl accident products. Differences are found when considering other geographic contexts. A comparison with data from literature shows that Alpine cryoconite is strongly influenced by the Chernobyl fallout, while cryoconite from other regions is more impacted by events such as nuclear test explosions and satellite reentries. To explain the accumulation of radionuclides in cryoconite, the glacial environment as a whole must be considered, and particularly the interaction between ice, meltwater, cryoconite and atmospheric deposition. We hypothesize that the impurities originally preserved into ice and mobilized with meltwater during summer, including radionuclides, are accumulated in cryoconite because of their affinity for organic matter, which is abundant in cryoconite. In relation to these processes, we have explored the possibility of exploiting radioactivity to date cryoconite. © Author(s) 2020.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/164399
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作者单位: Environmental and Earth Sciences Department, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy; INFN Section of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy; Department of Nuclear Physical Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, 31-342, Poland; Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom; Physics Department, University of Genoa, Genoa, 16146, Italy; INFN Section of Genoa, Genoa, 16146, Italy; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Italy; School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL48AA, United Kingdom; Physics Department, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy; Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Energy, University of Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy

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Baccolo G.,Łokas E.,Gaca P.,et al. Cryoconite: An efficient accumulator of radioactive fallout in glacial environments[J]. Cryosphere,2020-01-01,14(2)
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