Cryoconite: an efficient accumulator of radioactive fallout in glacial environments

Baccolo, Giovanni; Łokas, Edyta; Gaca, Paweł; Massabò, Dario; Ambrosini, Roberto; Azzoni, Roberto S.; Clason, Caroline; Di Mauro, Biagio; Franzetti, Andrea; Nastasi, Massimiliano; Prata, Michele; Prati, Paolo; Previtali, Ezio; Delmonte, Barbara; Maggi, Valter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-657-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

The Cryosphere, 14, 657–672, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-657-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

The Cryosphere, 14, 657–672, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-657-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article 14 Feb 2020

Research article | 14 Feb 2020

Cryoconite: an efficient accumulator of radioactive fallout in glacial environments

Giovanni Baccolo et al.

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RC1: 'Review for Baccolo et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Giovanni Baccolo, 25 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review of Baccolo et al FRNs in Cryoconite', Elizabeth Bagshaw, 14 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Giovanni Baccolo, 25 Oct 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Nov 2019) by Ruth Mottram

AR by Giovanni Baccolo on behalf of the Authors (22 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Jan 2020) by Ruth Mottram

Short summary

Cryoconite is the sediment found on the surface of glaciers. The paper presents cryoconite as an environmental matrix able to accumulate natural and artificial radioactivity with unprecedented efficiency. Only samples from sites where nuclear accidents and explosions occurred present a stronger radioactive contamination. The peculiarities of glacial environments are responsible for this extreme feature, making cryoconite a useful tool tool for the monitoring of environmental radioactivity.