Shelf-basin exchange times of Arctic surface waters estimated from Th-228/Ra-228 disequilibrium

• Main Authors: van der Loeff, M. Rutgers, Cai, P., Stimac, I., Bauch, D., Hanfland, C., Roeske, T., Moran, S. B., 蔡平河
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: J GEOPHYS RES-OCEANS 2012
• Subjects: DELAYED COINCIDENCE COUNTER; ORGANIC-CARBON EXPORT; MEAN RESIDENCE TIMES; CANADA BASIN; BARENTS SEA; SEASONAL-CHANGES; PARTICLE EXPORT; RIVER-RUNOFF; CHUKCHI SEA; OCEAN; Arctic; Barents Sea; Canada; Central Basin; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; canada basin; Central Arctic; Chukchi; laptev; Lomonosov Ridge
• Online Access: http://dspace.xmu.edu.cn/handle/2288/87846

EU [018509GOCE]; NSF [OPP-0124917] The transpolar drift is strongly enriched in Ra-228 accumulated on the wide Arctic shelves with subsequent rapid offshore transport. We present new data of Polarstern expeditions to the central Arctic and to the Kara and Laptev seas. Because Ra-226 activities in Pa...