Abstract
Modelling the Galactic chemical evolution (GCE) of short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs, with half-lives of the order of million years) can provide timing information on recent nucleosynthesis. The knowledge of their spatial distribution throughout the interstellar medium (ISM) is crucial. We are using a three-dimensional GCE model to investigate the evolution of four SLRs: \(^{53}\)Mn from supernovae of type Ia (SNeIa), \(^{60}\)Fe from core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), \(^{182}\)Hf from stellar winds from intermediate mass stars (IMSs), and \(^{244}\)Pu from neutron star mergers (NSMs) to explain the recent (within the last $\approx 1 -- 20$ Myr) deposition of live SLRs into deep-sea reservoirs. We find that although these SLRs are produced at very different nucleosynthetic sites, they are deposited on Earth conjointly.
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