title: Chernobyl fallout on Alpine glaciers.
abstract: Measurements of the gross beta activity of snow samples from four Alpine glaciers contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident and a gamma-spectrum analysis of selected samples are reported. The results are discussed with respect to possible risks to the population from using meltwater from these glaciers as drinking water.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria/Europe.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ambach
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rehwald
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blumthaler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eisner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunner
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000531:Altitude; D001317:Austria; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D012621:Seasons; D012914:Snow; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D011868:Radioisotopes