A/Prof Stephen Tims

Tims, Stephen profile
Position Senior Fellow
Department Nuclear Physics & Accelerator Applications
Research group Accelerator mass spectrometry group
Office phone (02) 612 52086
Email
Office Nuclear Physics 2 44
Curriculum vitae Tims CV (282KB PDF)

Publications

Book chapter

,
Unstable Atoms as Detectives
Ecoscience: The 34th Professor Harry Messel International Science School
Science Foundation for Physics, Sydney (2007) 71-83

(1 publications)

Journal article

, , , , , , ,
Coulomb explosion of BeO- molecular ions ? Revisited
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 538() 205-211
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Beppu Bay, Japan, as a candidate Global Boundaries Stratotype Section and Point for an Anthropocene series
The Anthropocene Review 10, 1() 49-86
, , , , , , , , ,
Accelerator mass spectrometry with ANU's 14 million volt accelerator
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 534() 48-53
, , , , , ,
Backgrounds and blanks in Iodine-129 measurements at the Australian National University
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 530() 8-12
, , , , , , , , ,
Scavenger hunt: Searching for the optimal target material for low-level 210Pb accelerator mass spectrometry
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 529() 18-23
, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Element separation chemistry and cosmogenic 10Be dating of a ferromanganese crust
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 530() 53-58
, , , , , , , , ,
129I in rainwater across Argentina
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 248()
, , , , , , , , , ,
Accelerator mass spectrometry measurements of 93Zr for astrophysical and nuclear technology applications
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 527() 45-51
, , , , , , , , ,
Local summer insolation and greenhouse gas forcing drove warming and glacier retreat in New Zealand during the Holocene
Quaternary Science Reviews 266() 1-15
, , , ,
A study of soil erosion rates using Pu-239, in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 211, 0()
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
60Fe deposition during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene echoes past supernova activity
PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117, 36() 21873-21879
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
ColPuS, a new multi-isotope plutonium standard for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 438() 189-192
, , , , ,
Anthropogenic 236U and Pu at remote sites of the South Pacific
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 205-206() 17-23
, , , , , ,
The 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio in Chinese soils
Science of the Total Environment 678() 603-610
, , , , , , ,
New and upgraded ionization chambers for AMS at the Australian National University
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 438() 141-147
, , , , , ,
Development of 231Pa AMS measurements to improve radiological dose assessment from uranium mining and milling
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 438() 66-69
, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
93Zr developments at the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at ANU
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 438() 77-83
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Accelerator mass spectrometry measurement of the reaction Cl 35 (n,?) Cl 36 at keV energies
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 99, 1() 015801
, , , , ,
Further constraint of the in situ cosmogenic 10Be production rate in pyroxene and a viability test for late Quaternary exposure dating
Quaternary Geochronology 48() 121-132
, , , , , , , , ,
Limits on Supernova-Associated Fe 60/Al 26 Nucleosynthesis Ratios from Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Measurements of Deep-Sea Sediments
Physical Review Letters 121, 22() 1-6
, , , ,
The source and reference inventory of 239+240 Pu in the soil of China
Zhongguo Huanjing Kexue 38, 12() 4608-4616
, , , ,
Nuclear weapons produced 236U, 239Pu and 240Pu archived in a Porites Lutea coral from Enewetak Atoll
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Article In Press() 1-5
, , ,
239Pu fallout across continental Australia: Implications on 239Pu use as a soil tracer
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 178-179() 394-403
, , , , , ,
Continuous transport of Pacific-derived anthropogenic radionuclides towards the Indian Ocean
Scientific Reports 7() 1-8
, , , , ,
No Fukushima Dai-ichi derived plutonium signal in marine sediments collected 1.5?57 km from the reactors
Applied Radiation and Isotopes 129() 180-184
, , ,
A comparison of fallout U-236 and Pu-239 uptake by Australian vegetation
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 151() 558-562
, , , ,
U-236 and Pu-239,Pu-240 ratios from soils around an Australian nuclear weapons test site
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 151, -() 563-567
, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Recent near-Earth supernovae probed by global deposition of interstellar radioactive Fe-60
Nature 532, 7597() 69-72
, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Background reduction in U-236/U-238 measurements
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 361() 454-457
, , , , , , ,
Be-10-derived denudation rates from the Burdekin catchment: The largest contributor of sediment to the Great Barrier Reef
Geomorphology 241() 122-134
, , , , , , , ,
A new fast-cycling system for AMS at ANU
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 361, 2015() 475-482
, , , , , , , , , ,
Preparation of a multi-isotope plutonium AMS standard and preliminary results of a first inter-lab comparison
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 361, 2015() 327-331
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Uranium from German Nuclear Power Projects of the 1940s A Nuclear Forensic Investigation
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54, 45() 13452-13456
, , , , , , , , ,
Settling the Half-Life of Fe-60: Fundamental for a Versatile Astrophysical Chronometer
Physical Review Letters 114, 4()
, , , , , , ,
A White Nile megalake during the last interglacial period
Geology 42, 2() 163-166
, , ,
The release and persistence of radioactive anthropogenic nuclides
Geological Society of London Special Publication 395, 1() 265-281
, , , , ,
Late Pleistocene glacial stratigraphy of the Kumara-Moana region, West Coast of South Island, New Zealand
Quaternary Science Reviews 74() 139-159
, , , , ,
129I dispersion in Argentina: Concentrations in fresh and marine water and deposition fluences in Patagonia
Environmental Science and Technology 47, 17() 9693-9698
, , , , , , , ,
Long-range tropospheric transport of uranium and plutonium weapons fallout from Semipalatinsk nuclear test site to Norway
Environment International 59() 92-102
, , , , , , ,
Chronology of Pu isotopes and 236U in an Arctic ice core
Science of the Total Environment 461() 734-741
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Quality assurance in accelerator mass spectrometry: Results from an international round-robin exercise for 10Be
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 289() 68-73
, , , ,
Late Pleistocene glaciation of the Mt Giluwe volcano, Papua New Guinea
Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 19-20() 2676-2689
, , , , ,
Plutonium as a chronomarker in Australian and New Zealand sediments: A comparison with 137Cs
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 102, 10() 919-929
, , , ,
Using fallout plutonium as a probe for erosion assessment
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 102, 10() 937-942
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Ultra-trace analysis of 36Cl by accelerator mass spectrometry: An interlaboratory study
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 400, 9() 3125-3132
, , ,
Chlorine-36 in seawater
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 268, 7-8() 1226-1228
, , ,
Concentration and characterization of plutonium in soils of Hubei in central China
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 101, 1() 29-32
, , , ,
Accelerator mass spectrometry with the 14UD accelerator at the Australian National University
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 268, 7-8() 858-862
, , , , ,
In situ cosmogenic 53Mn production rate from ancient low-denudation surface in tropic Brazil
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 268, 7-8() 1209-1213
, , ,
Progress in AMS measurement of natural 32Si for glacier ice dating
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 268, 7-8() 739-743
, , , ,
Plutonium as a tracer of soil and sediment movement in the Herbert River, Australia
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 268, 7-8() 1150-1154
, , , , ,
Plutonium AMS measurements in Yangtze River estuary sediment
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 268, 7-8() 1155-1158
, , , , , , , , , ,
The potential of New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) for testing the synchronicity of abrupt climate change during the Last Glacial Interval (60,000-11,700 years ago)
Quaternary Science Reviews 29, 27-28() 3677-3682
, , , ,
Comparison of Pu and 137Cs as tracers of soil and sediment transport in a terrestrial environment
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 99, 2() 383-393
, , , ,
Nucleogenic 36Cl, 236U and 239Pu in uranium ores
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 266, 16() 3614-3624
, , ,
26Al measurements with 10Be counting statistics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 259() 178-183
, , , ,
Manganese-53: Development of the AMS technique for exposure-age dating applications
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 259() 236-240
, , , , , , , ,
Towards a Radiocarbon Calibration for Oxygen Istotope Stage 3 Using New Zealand Kauri (Agathis australis)
Radiocarbon 49, 2() 447-457
, , , ,
AMS of natural 236U and 239Pu produced in uranium ores
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 259() 727-732
, , ,
L-X-ray production cross-sections for PXAMS: Target and energy dependence for 50-200 MeV hafnium ions
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 259() 260-264
, , ,
Improving the detection limit for 182Hf
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 259() 256-259
, , ,
Geographic Variability in Radon Exhalation at a Rehabilitated Uranium Mine in the Northern Terrtitory, Australia
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 114() 313-330
, , , , , , ,
Transport of low 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio plutonium-species in the Ob and Yenisey Rivers to the Kara Sea
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 251() 33-43
, , , ,
Use of Airborne ?-Ray Spectrometry for Environmental Assessment of the Rehabilitated Nabarlek Uranium Mine, Australia
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 115, 3() 531-553
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Characterization of the NIST seaweed Standard Reference Material
Applied Radiation and Isotopes 64() 1242-1247
, , , , , , , , , , , ,
14C-AMS as a Tool for the Investigation of Mercury Deposition at a Remote Amazon Location
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 223-224() 528-534
, , ,
A Radon and Meteorological Measurement Network for the Alligator Rivers Region, Australia
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 76() 35-49
, , , , , ,
Plutonium Isotope Ratios in the Yenisey and Ob Estuaries
Applied Radiation and Isotopes 60() 589-593
, , ,
Measurements of Pu and Ra Isotopes in Soils and Sediments by AMS
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 223-224() 796-801
, ,
Developments in AMS of 99Tc
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 223-224() 185-189
, , , , , ,
Novel Matching Lens and Spherical Ionizer for a Cesium Sputter Ion Source
Pramana 59, 6() 997-1006

(76 publications)

Conference paper

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
"The Link Between the Local Bubble and RadioisotopicSignatures on Earth"
14th International Symposium on the Nuclei in the Cosmos NIC-XIV (NIC2016) ?, ?() 1-4
, , , ,
Using 239Pu as a tracer for fine sediment sources in the Daly River, Northern Australia
Heavy-Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2014 ?, ?() 1-7
, , , , , , , , , ,
Actinides AMS at CIRCE and U-236 and Pu measurements of structural and environmental samples from in and around a mothballed nuclear power plant
12th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 294() 152-159
, , , ,
Ultra-sensitive measurements of Cl-36 and U-236 at the Australian National University
12th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 294, 2013() 126-131
, , , ,
Applicability of Pu-239 as a tracer for soil erosion in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia
12th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 294() 577-583
, , , , ,
Determination of total I and 129I concentrations in freshwater of Argentina
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2013 63()
, , , ,
Plutonium isotope measurements from across continental Australia
12th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 294, 2013() 636-641
, , , , ,
Measurements of low-level anthropogenic radionuclides from soils around Maralinga
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2013 63()
, , , , , ,
Injection optics for fast mass switching for accelerator mass spectrometry
Third International Symposium on Negative Ions, Beams and Sources (NIBS2012) 1515() 464-472
, , , ,
A study of soil formation rates using 10Be in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2012 35()
,
Actinides, accelerators and erosion
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2012 35()
, , ,
Constraining the 36Cl/Cl ratio of seawater and its sources
V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2009 ?, ?() 1
, , , ,
The development of AMS measurements of manganese-53 for erosion rate studies
V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2006 ?, ?() 1

(14 publications)

Conference written presentation

,
Measurement of radium isotopes with the ANU AMS Facility
Conference on Nuclear Science & Engineering in Australia (ANA 2003) ?, ?() 3

(1 publications)