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Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3439-2024
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06 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 06 Aug 2024

The potential of in situ cosmogenic 14CO in ice cores as a proxy for galactic cosmic ray flux variations

Vasilii V. Petrenko, Segev BenZvi, Michael Dyonisius, Benjamin Hmiel, Andrew M. Smith, and Christo Buizert

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This manuscript presents the concept for a new proxy for past variations in the galactic cosmic ray flux (GCR). Past variations in GCR flux are important to understand for interpretation of records of isotopes produced by cosmic rays; these records are used for reconstructing solar variations and past land ice extent. The proxy involves using measurements of 14CO in ice cores, which should provide an uncomplicated and precise estimate of past GCR flux variations for the past few thousand years.
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