Iodine 129/CFC 11 transit times for Denmark Strait Overflow Water in the Labrador and Irminger Seas

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Smith, Jn, Jones, Ep, Moran, Sb, Smethie, Wm, Kieser, We
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2005
• Subjects: envir; hist; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Denmark Strait; Iceland; Labrador Sea; NADW; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JC002516; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00232/34344/32757.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00232/34344/

Iodine 129 discharged from nuclear fuel reprocessing plants in France and the United Kingdom is transported into the Nordic Seas on timescales of 3 - 5 years. Tracer I-129 is subsequently injected into intermediate waters that overflow the sills between Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland and ventilate...