Bomb radiocarbon sections along the Hawaii-Tahiti shuttle track. Annual progress report

Technical Report · Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5513380· OSTI ID:5513380

Stuiver, M

The objective of the research is to use the temporal and spatial distribution of the transient, bomb-produced /sup 14/C in the equatorial Pacific Ocean to determine mixing rates in the upper 1000 m of the ocean. To accomplish this goal approximately 400 /sup 14/C samples were collected during two legs of the NORPAX shuttle. There is extensive relative depletion in /sup 14/C of the equatorial surface waters. This feature of the surface water /sup 14/C distribution, coupled with the depth distribution of /sup 14/C and the physical and chemical (nutrient) oceanographic data collected during the NORPAX program should allow us to estimate the rate of upwelling in the equatorial Pacific.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT06-79EV10216
• OSTI ID: 5513380
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/10216-1; TRN: 80-008129
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBON 14
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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DISTRIBUTION
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