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Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-399-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-399-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Original research article
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11 Jul 2023
Original research article |  | 11 Jul 2023

Validating plutonium-239+240 as a novel soil redistribution tracer – a comparison to measured sediment yield

Katrin Meusburger, Paolo Porto, Judith Kobler Waldis, and Christine Alewell

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Quantifying soil redistribution rates is a global challenge. Radiogenic tracers such as plutonium, namely 239+240Pu, released to the atmosphere by atmospheric bomb testing in the 1960s are promising tools to quantify soil redistribution. Direct validation of 239+240Pu as soil redistribution is, however, still missing. Here, we used a unique sediment yield time series in southern Italy, reaching back to the initial fallout of 239+240Pu to verify 239+240Pu as a soil redistribution tracer.
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