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Cosmogenic Radionuclides - Theory and Applications in the Terrestrial and Space Environments (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
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Cosmogenic Radionuclides - Theory and Applications in the Terrestrial and Space Environments (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments
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Cosmogenic radionuclides are radioactive isotopes which are
produced by natural processes and distributed within the Earth
system. With a holistic view of the environment the authors show in
this book how cosmogenic radionuclides can be used to trace and to
reconstruct the history of a large variety of processes. They
discuss the way in which cosmogenic radionuclides can assist in the
quantification of complex processes in the present-day environment.
The book aims to demonstrate to the reader the strength of analytic
tools based on cosmogenic radionuclides, their contribution to
almost any field of modern science, and how these tools may assist
in the solution of many present and future problems that we face
here on Earth. The book provides a comprehensive discussion of the
basic principles behind the applications of cosmogenic (and other)
radionuclides as environmental tracers and dating tools. The second
section of the book discusses in some detail the production of
radionuclides by cosmic radiation, their transport and distribution
in the atmosphere and the hydrosphere, their storage in natural
archives, and how they are measured. The third section of the book
presents a number of examples selected to illustrate typical tracer
and dating applications in a number of different spheres
(atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere, solar physics and
astronomy). At the same time the authors have outlined the
limitations of the use of cosmogenic radionuclides. Written on a
level understandable by graduate students without specialist skills
in physics or mathematics, the book addresses a wide audience,
ranging from archaeology, biophysics, and geophysics, to
atmospheric physics, hydrology, astrophysics and space science.
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