Water masses labeled with global fallout 137Cs formed by subduction in the North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Aoyama, Michio ^a   Hirose, Katsumi ^a   Nemoto, Kazuhiro ^b   Takatsuki, Yasushi ^c   Tsumune, Daisuke ^d  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Administration Division   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); TECTONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LIGHTER CENTRAL MODE WATER; NORTH PACIFIC SUBTROPICAL MODE WATER; SUBDUCTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; SUBDUCTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 41549122916     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031964     Document Type: Article

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