| Summary: | <h3 class=\"line_section_1\"><b>Thorium isotope data summaries from AMLR and NBP cruises to the Antarctic in 2006</b></h3> <p>Particulate organic Carbon (POC) flux was determined through measuring Thorium (234Th) reported in dpm/kg .<br /> </p> <h3 class=\"line_section_1\"><b>Cruises</b></h3> <p><b>AMLR (Antarctic Marine Living Resources) R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya Jan2006:</b><br /> The research program was focused in the southern Drake Passage<br /> along the Shackelton Shelf located near the Bransfield Strait.<br /> Samples were obtained from the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya and inflatables<br /> that were taken to island locations.<br /> <i>Lat/Lon Bounding Box</i><br /> -62.2538Lat, -62.9966Lon<br /> -63.2335Lat, -59.0332Lon<br /> -59.9964Lat, -55.7612Lon<br /> -61.4995Lat, -53.9996Lon<br /> <br /> <b>NBP (Nathaniel B. Palmer) R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer July2006:</b><br /> The research was conducted in the same region of the Drake Passage as the AMLR cruise.<br /> Samples were obtained aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer<br /> <i>Lat/Lon bounding box</i><br /> -60.4991Lat, -58.5613Lon<br /> -62.3599Lat, -58.0392Lon<br /> -60.2783Lat, -57.4509Lon<br /> -61.2683Lat, -54.2852Lon<br /> </p> <h3 class=\"text\">Associated Publications</h3> <p class=\"text\">Brzezinski, M.A., Nelson, D.M., Franck, V.M. and Sigmon, D.E., 2001. "Silicon dynamics within an intense open-ocean diatom bloom in the pacific sector of the southern ocean." Deep-Sea Research Part II 48, pp. 3997-4018<br /> <br /> Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff, Manmohan M. Sarin, Mark Baskaran, Claudia Benitez-Nelson, Ken O. Buesseler, Matt Charette, Minhan Dai, Örjan Gustafsson, Pere Masque, Paul J. Morris, Kent Orlandini, Alessia Rodriguez y Baena, Nicolas Savoye, Sabine Schmidt, Robert Turnewitsch, Ingrid Vöge, James T. Waples. "A review of present techniques and methodological advances in analyzing 234Th in aquatic systems" Marine Chemistry, Volume 100, Issues 3-4, 1 August 2006, Pages 190-212<br /> <br /> Pike, S.M., K.O. Buesseler, J. Andrews and N. Savoye, 2005. "Quantification of 234Th recovery in small volume sea water samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry." (PDF) Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 263(2): 355-360.<br /> <br /> Willard S. Moore and Ralph Arnold (1996). "Measurement of 223Ra and 224Ra in coastal waters using a delayed coincidence counter." Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 101, no. c1, pages 1321-1329, January 15, 1996.</p>
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