The use of long-lived radionuclides in Antarctic ice as tracers and chronometers in global climate change studies
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1998-04
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Australian Institute of Physics
Abstract
Australian researchers have access to a variety of natural systems where records of the Earth's past climate have been archived. These natural archives of the palaeoclimate include Antarctic ice, ancient Tasmanian pine trees, sediment cores and abundant coral. Each of these media contain a record of past climate and of climate change but the records must be carefully deciphered and compared against one-another in order to extract maximum information. Together, these archives represent a unique resource, being linked geographically in the Southern Hemisphere but often providing complementary information throughout the Holocene.
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Australia, Radioisotopes, Ice, Antarctic regions, Southern Hemisphere, Quaternary period, Climates
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Smith, A. M. (1998). The use of long-lived radionuclides in Antarctic ice as tracers and chronometers in global climate change studies. Australian and New Zealand Physicist, 35(2), 61-63. Retrieved from: https://physics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Australian%20Physics/Aust%20Phys%2035-2.pdf