Seasonal changes of 234Th scavenging in surface water across the western Black Sea: An implication of the cyclonic circulation patterns

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-347

  Gulin, S B ^a  

^a A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

234Th; Black Sea; Cyclonic circulation; Particle flux; Phytoplankton blooms

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; THORIUM; THORIUM 234; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIRCULATION; MARINE POLLUTION; SCAVENGING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0034050037     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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