Bertini theorem for normality on local rings in mixed characteristic (applications to characteristic ideals).

link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.4708
Abstract

In this article, we prove a strong version of local Bertini theorem for
normality on local rings in mixed characteristic. The main result asserts that
a generic hyperplane section of a normal, Cohen-Macaulay, and complete local
domain of dimension at least 3 is normal. Applications include the study of
characteristic ideals attached to torsion modules over Noetherian normal
domains, which is fundamental in the study of Euler system theory over normal
domains and Iwasawa main conjectures.