Sinking fluxes of particulate U-Th radionuclides in the East Sea (Sea of Japan)

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Hong, Gi Hoon ^a   Baskaran, Mark ^b   Lee, Hyun Kyung ^c   Kim, Suk Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Japan Basin; Sediment trap; Th; U

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARGINAL SEA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE FLUX; RADIONUCLIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 55949137963     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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