A multitracer study of peat profiles from Tunguska, Siberia

• Published in: Global and planetary change Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 278 - 289
• Main Authors: Tositti, L., Mingozzi, M., Sandrini, S., Forlani, L., Buoso, M.C., De Poli, M., Ceccato, D., Zafiropoulos, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2006
• Subjects: 137Cs; 210Pb dating; elemental analysis; palynological analysis; peat bogs; PIXE; Sphagnum; Tunguska; Russia, Siberia; PIXE; 210Pb dating; palynological analysis; peat bogs; elemental analysis; Tunguska; 137Cs

Two peat columns from Tunguska (Siberia) were analysed for pollen, spores, charcoal, trace elements and γ-emitters in order to identify the fingerprints of the impact of a still unidentified cosmic body (TCB), which occurred in the summer of 1908, and the level of environmental pollution in a backgr...