Direct comparison of 210Po, 234Th and POC particle-size distributions and export fluxes at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 479-489

  Stewart, Gillian ^a   Moran, S Bradley ^b   Lomas, Michael W ^c   Kelly, Roger P ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Bermuda Atlantic time series; Biological pump; Flux proxies; POC export; Polonium; Thorium

Indexed keywords

BERMUDA ATLANTIC TIME-SERIES; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; DEEP OCEAN; EXPORT FLUX; GLOBAL OCEAN; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; OLIGOTROPHIC SURFACE WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POC EXPORT; POC FLUX; RADIOCHEMICAL PROCEDURES; SURFACE OCEAN; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; MAMMALS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLONIUM; SEA WATER; URANIUM 238; CARBON; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP SEA; DISEQUILIBRIUM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRACTIONATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES; TRACER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BERMUDA; PARTICLE SIZE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); BERMUDA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955470759     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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