A worldwide meta-analysis (1977–2020) of sediment core dating using fallout radionuclides including 137Cs and 210Pbxs

Foucher, Anthony; Chaboche, Pierre-Alexis; Sabatier, Pierre; Evrard, Olivier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4951-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 4951–4966, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4951-2021

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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 4951–4966, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4951-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Review article 27 Oct 2021

Review article | 27 Oct 2021

A worldwide meta-analysis (1977–2020) of sediment core dating using fallout radionuclides including ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb_xs

Anthony Foucher et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4951-2021-supplement

Data sets

Global review of 137Cs and 210Pbxs fallout used for dating sediment cores Anthony Foucher, Pierre-Alexis Chaboche, Pierre Sabatier, Olivier Evrard https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931493

Short summary

Sediment archives provide a powerful and unique tool for reconstructing the trajectory and the resilience of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems facing major environmental changes. Establishing an age depth–model is the first prerequisite of any paleo-investigation. This study synthesizes the distribution of two radionuclides classically used to this aim, providing a worldwide reference to help the scientific community reach a consensus for dating recent sedimentary archives.