Radionuclides as tools to study the role of the Arctic Sea Ice in the interception, transport and redistribution of particulate matter and chemical species

• Main Authors: Camara-Mor, P., Masque, P., Garcia-Orellana, J., Cochran, J. K., Mas, J. L., Chamizo, E., Hanfland, Claudia
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; The Ark; Arctic Basin; Fram Strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/23811/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.36747

The Arctic Ocean is characterized by being covered by sea ice with a large degree of seasonal variability between summer and winter. Along the whole life cycle of sea ice, diverse physical and chemical processes determine the concentration of the sea-ice sediments (SIS) and the chemical species entr...