The Versatile Uses of the ¹⁴C Bomb Peak

Autor(en)

Walter Kutschera

Abstrakt

A concise review is presented of applying 14C produced in the atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program (1950 to 1963), subsequently forming the so-called 14C bomb peak. In order to convey the versatility of this unique isotope signal, selected applications from a variety of different fields are discussed touching on environmental, archaeological, biological, and forensic issues. A comprehensive list of references is supplied for in-depth studies of the respective fields.

Organisation(en)

Isotopenphysik

Journal

Radiocarbon

Band

64

Seiten

1295-1308

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

0033-8222

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2022.13

Publikationsdatum

04-2022

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103014 Kernphysik

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Erdkunde und Planetologie, Archaeology

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/82d24fdd-efbd-4eeb-8552-3944a7557bcc