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THE strontium-90 content of snow samples indicates that the main influx of fission products in Antarctica occurred in 1955. The movement of 137Cs seems possible in Antarctic snow.
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WOODWARD, R. Strontium-90 and Cæsium-137 in Antarctic Snows. Nature 204, 1291 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041291a0
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