Published October 2004 | Version v1
Report

Distribution of cosmogenic 7Be and 10Be in the eastern Pacific Ocean

  • 1. Nihon Univ., Graduate School of Integrated Basic Sciences, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 2. National Science Museum, Dept. of Science and Engineering, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 3. Tokyo Univ., Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 4. Nihon Univ., College of Humanities and Sciences, Tokyo (Japan)

Description

To investigate the vertical profiles and latitudinal distributions of 7Be (T1/2=53.3 day) and 10Be (T12=1.5x106 y) in the eastern Pacific Ocean, seawater samples from 6 m to 500 m depth at 10 stations and 33 surface water samples were collected during the R/V Hakuho-Maru KH03-1 cruise from June to September 2003. Based on the 7Be and 10Be concentrations in the surface layer, the mean residence times for Be isotopes were estimated to 1-20 years, and the 7Be and 10Be fluxes across the ocean surface ware estimated to 0.01-0.06 and 0.01-0.09 atoms cm-2 sec-1, respectively. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the fifth workshop on environmental radioactivity

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the fifth workshop on environmental radioactivity
Imprint Pagination
365 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 160-163
Report number
KEK-PROC--2004-8

Conference

Title
5. workshop on environmental radioactivity
Dates
2-4 Mar 2004
Place
Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)

Optional Information

Notes
4 figs., 1 tab.