Radium Isotopic Analyses in the Shelf-Basin Interaction (SBI) Program and Investigation of the Rate of Shelf-Basin Interaction in the Western Arctic

To utilize the distribution of radioisotopes in the ocean for the purpose of unraveling oceanic circulation patterns and investigating the rates of mixing processes. Specific problems of current interest include shelf-basin exchange in the western Arctic (including eddy processes) and ocean ventilat...

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Main Author: Kadko, David
Other Authors: ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE MIAMI FL DIV OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Isotopes
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*DISTRIBUTION
*RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
CONTINENTAL SHELVES
INTERACTIONS
MIXING
OCEAN BASINS
OCEAN CURRENTS
PATTERNS
RADIUM
TRANSPORT
VENTILATION
SBI(SHELF-BASIN INTERACTIONS)
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA621252
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Summary:To utilize the distribution of radioisotopes in the ocean for the purpose of unraveling oceanic circulation patterns and investigating the rates of mixing processes. Specific problems of current interest include shelf-basin exchange in the western Arctic (including eddy processes) and ocean ventilation and subduction processes. Because these isotopes have half-lives ranging from days to years, it is possible to study processes that encompass a great variety of temporal and spatial scales.

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