José Antonio Corcho Alvarado

Dr. José Antonio Corcho Alvarado
Nuclear Chemistry
LABOR SPIEZ
Austrasse
CH-3700 Spiez
Switzerland


E-mail: jose.corcho(at)babs.admin.ch


Key Publications of José Antonio Corcho Alvarado (up to ten) :
Corcho Alvarado, J.A., et al., Isotopic signatures of plutonium and uranium at Bikar atoll, northern Marshall Islands. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2022. 242: p. 106795.
Corcho-Alvarado, J.A., et al., Distribution and source of plutonium in sediments from the southern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022.
Corcho-Alvarado, J.A., et al., Determination of strontium radioisotopes in routine and emergency samples. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2022. 186: p. 110269.
Corcho-Alvarado, J. A., et al. (2021). Assessment of residual radionuclide levels at the Bokak and Bikar Atolls in the northern Marshall Islands. Sci Tot Env 801: 149541.
Sanchez-Cabeza, J.-A., et al., Plutonium in coral archives: A good primary marker for an Anthropocene type section. Science of The Total Environment, 2021. 771: p. 145077.
Klemt, E., Putyrskaya V., Röllin S., Corcho J., Sahli H. (2021). Radionuclides in sediments of the Aare and Rhine river system: Fallouts, discharges, depth-age relations, mass accumulation rates and transport along the river. J Env Rad 232: 106584.
Corcho-Alvarado JA, Sahli H, Röllin S, et al. (2020) Validation of a radiochemical method for the determination of 55Fe and 63Ni in water and steel samples from decommissioning activities. J Radioanal Nucl Chem Art. doi:10.1007/s10967-020-07297-0
Röllin, S., Sahli H., Gnägi L., Corcho J. (2020).Determination of plutonium and uranium radionuclides in glacier ice samples by MC-ICP-MS. CHIMIA 74 (1-6)(12).
Jouvet G, Röllin S, Sahli H, Corcho J, Gnägi L, Compagno L, Sidler D, Schwikowski M, Bauder A,Funk M (2020) Dating the ice of Gauligletscher, Switzerland, based on surface radionuclide contamination and ice flow modeling. The Cryosphere Discuss. 2020:1-28. doi:10.5194/tc-2020-142
Kamdee K, Corcho Alvarado JA, et al. (2020) Application of isotope techniques to study groundwater resources in the unconsolidated aquifers along the Ping River (Thailand). Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies:1-16.
Corcho-Alvarado J.A., B. Balsiger, H. Sahli, M. Astner, F.Byrde,S. Roellin, R.Holzer, N.Mosimann, S.Wüthrich, A.Jakob, M.Burger (2016) Long-term behavior of 90Sr and 137Cs in the environment: Case studies in Switzerland. Journal of Env. Rad 160, 54-63
Corcho Alvarado, J.A., B. Balsiger, et al. (2014). Radioactive and chemical contamination of the water resources in the former uranium mining and milling sites of Mailuu Suu (Kyrgyzstan). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 138(0): 1-10
Corcho Alvarado J.A. , P Steinmann, S Estier, F Bochud, M Haldimann, P Froidevaux (2014) Anthropogenic radionuclides in atmospheric air over Switzerland during the last few decades. Nature Communications 01/2014; 5:3030. DOI:10.1038/ncomms4030
Corcho Alvarado J.A., M. Leuenberger, R. Kipfer, T. Paces, R. Purtschert (2011) Reconstruction of past climate conditions over central Europe from groundwater data, Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 3423-3429, DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.003
Corcho Alvarado, J. A., F. Barbecot, R. Purtschert, M. Gillon, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, and R. Kipfer (2009), European climate variations over the past half-millennium reconstructed from groundwater, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L15703.
Corcho Alvarado, J.A., R. Purtschert, F. Barbecot, C. Chabault, J. Rueedi, V. Schneider, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, and H. H. Loosli (2007), Constraining the age distribution of highly mixed groundwater using 39Ar: A multiple environmental tracer (3H/3He, 85Kr, 39Ar, and 14C) study in the semiconfined Fontainebleau Sands Aquifer (France). Water Resources Research, 43, W03427, doi:10.1029/2006WR005096


Expertise of José Antonio Corcho Alvarado:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeApplied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Ocean
Hydrogeology (Groundwater)
Topic CryosphereGlaciers
Topic LithosphereGeochemical Processes
Topic Integrated SystemsHydrogeochemical Cycle
Topic EcosystemsTerrestrial Ecosystems
Marine Ecosystems

Specialties of José Antonio Corcho Alvarado:
Application of radioactive and stable isotopes and chemical tracers in environmental Research. Radiometric dating. Hydrogeology and Isotope Hydrology.

Last update: 8/30/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
Update the personal data for José Antonio Corcho Alvarado

Go Back