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The cosmic radiation which bombards the Earth causes various reactions within the atmosphere and, if it penetrates through, also in the hydrosphere and lithosphere. Of chief importance are the atmospheric reactions to which belong, for example, the production of the protecting ozone layer. These atmospheric reactions are a steady process and, although they depend possibly on changes in solar activity, the production and decay of cosmogenic radionuclides attains an equilibrium.
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Attendorn, HG., Bowen, R.N.C. (1997). Cosmogenic radionuclides. In: Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5840-4_13
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