228Ra as a tracer for shelf water in the arctic ocean

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Rutgers Van Der Loeff, Michiel M., Key, Robert M., Scholten, Jan, Bauch, Dorothea, Michel, Andreas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1995
• Subjects: Amundsen Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Norwegian Sea; amundsen basin; Arctic Basin; Fram Strait; Lomonosov Ridge; Nansen Basin
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/14243/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/14243/1/1995_Rutgers_etal_Bauch_DSR_2.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/0967-0645(95)00053-4

During its formation on the vast Siberian shelves, Arctic surface water is strongly enriched in 228Ra. When 228Ra of surface samples from the Arctic interior is plotted against the river water component fr, derived from salinity, δ180 and silicate as tracers, a shelfwater end-member can be calculate...