Published June 6, 1985
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Journal article
Direct evidence using tritium data for throughflow from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean
Description
A meridional maximum in bomb-produced tritium (half-life 12.4 yr) observed in the South Equatorial Current of the Indian Ocean is used to provide evidence that, in the mean, there is a net transport (in the upper 300 m) of 5 x 106 m3 s-1 from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nature (London)
- Journal Volume
- 315
- Journal Issue
- 6019
- Series
- Nature (London).
- Journal Page Range
- 478-480
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 16063603
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- INDIAN OCEAN; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TRITIUM; WATER
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EXPLOSIONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES