Cross equator transport of 137Cs from North Pacific Ocean to South Pacific Ocean (BEAGLE2003 cruises)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 89, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 7-16

  Aoyama, M ^a   Fukasawa, M ^b   Hirose, K ^a,g   Hamajima, Y ^c   Kawano, T ^b   Povinec, P P ^d   Sanchez Cabeza, J A ^e,f  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^f CIEMAT   (Spain)

^g SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MIDLATITUDES; MULTI-SAMPLING; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN SURFACES; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOSPHOMOLYBDATES; PUMPING SYSTEMS; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SUBSURFACE LAYER; SURFACE SEAWATER; TIME-SCALES; TRANSURANICS; WATER COLUMNS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

CESIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LATITUDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPE; TIMESCALE; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 79954659718     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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