[HTML][HTML] Cryoconite: an efficient accumulator of radioactive fallout in glacial environments

G Baccolo, E Łokas, P Gaca, D Massabò… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
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 …

Artificial and natural radionuclides in cryoconite as tracers of supraglacial dynamics: Insights from the Morteratsch glacier (Swiss Alps)

G Baccolo, M Nastasi, D Massabò, C Clason… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Cryoconite, a sediment found on the surface of glaciers, is known for its ability to accumulate
radionuclides. New data on cryoconite from the Morteratsch glacier (Switzerland) are …

Unveiling the extreme environmental radioactivity of cryoconite from a Norwegian glacier

E Łokas, P Wachniew, G Baccolo, P Gaca… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study is a first survey of the occurrence of artificial (137 Cs, 241 Am, 207 Bi, Pu
isotopes) and natural (210 Pb, 228 Ac, 214 Bi, 40 K) radionuclides in Norwegian cryoconite …

Accumulation of anthropogenic radionuclides in cryoconites on Alpine glaciers

A Tieber, H Lettner, P Bossew, A Hubmer… - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Cryoconites are airborne sediments which accumulate on the surface of glaciers. In samples
of cryoconites a temperate Austrian glacier high activity concentrations of anthropogenic …

Accumulation of atmospheric radionuclides and heavy metals in cryoconite holes on an Arctic glacier

E Łokas, A Zaborska, M Kolicka, M Różycki… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Surface of glaciers is covered by mineral and organic dust, together with microorganisms
forming cryoconite granules. Despite fact that glaciers and ice sheets constitute significance …

[HTML][HTML] Radioecological and geochemical peculiarities of cryoconite on Novaya Zemlya glaciers

A Miroshnikov, M Flint, E Asadulin, R Aliev… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, cryoconite has received growing attention from a radioecological point of
view, since several studies have shown that this material is extremely efficient in …

[HTML][HTML] Global variability and controls on the accumulation of fallout radionuclides in cryoconite

CC Clason, G Baccolo, E Łokas, PN Owens… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The accumulation of fallout radionuclides (FRNs) from nuclear weapons testing and nuclear
accidents has been evaluated for over half a century in natural environments; however, until …

[HTML][HTML] Legacy radionuclides in cryoconite and proglacial sediment on Orwell Glacier, Signy Island, Antarctica

PN Owens, TA Stott, WH Blake, GE Millward - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cryoconite is a specific type of material found on the surface of glaciers and icesheets.
Samples of cryoconite were collected from the Orwell Glacier and its moraines, together with …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical availability of fallout radionuclides in cryoconite

H Davidson, GE Millward, CC Clason, A Fisher… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric deposition on glaciers is a major source of legacy fallout radionuclides (FRNs)
accumulating in cryoconite, a dark granular material with surface properties that efficiently …

Cryoconites from Alpine glaciers: Radionuclide accumulation and age estimation with Pu and Cs isotopes and 210Pb

T Wilflinger, H Lettner, A Hubmer, P Bossew… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cryoconites (“cold dust”, derived from the Greek) are aeolian sediments
accumulated on glacier surfaces. In cryoconites from the surface of the Stubacher …