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dc.contributor.authorPovinec, P. P.
dc.contributor.authorJull, A. J. T.
dc.contributor.authorBurr, G. S.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T21:32:56Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T21:32:56Z
dc.date.issued2001-01-01
dc.identifier.citationPovinec, P. P., Jull, A. J. T., & Burr, G. S. (2001). Radiocarbon in seawater at radioactive waste dumping sites in the Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific. Radiocarbon, 43(2B), 879-886.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033822200041540
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/654608
dc.descriptionFrom the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.
dc.description.abstractRadiocarbon has been an important constituent of radioactive wastes dumped in the open ocean and marginal seas as well as wastes released from nuclear reprocessing plants. Therefore, in some regions these sources could have a greater impact on 14C concentration in seawater than global fallout. The high analytical sensitivity of 14C measurement by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) allows even tracer amounts of 14C to be found in seawater at radioactive waste dumping sites and their comparison with the global distribution of this radionuclide. Data on measurements of 14C in samples taken at former dumping sites in the northeast Atlantic and northwest Pacific Oceans and in the open ocean are discussed and compared with other anthropogenic radionuclides, namely 3H. Small increases in 14C concentrations observed in some bottom and surface seawater samples collected at the Northwest Pacific Ocean dumping sites require further 14C analyses before final conclusions can be made on possible leakages from dumped radioactive wastes.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
dc.relation.urlhttp://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
dc.rightsCopyright © by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona. All rights reserved.
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dc.subjectpollutants
dc.subjectwaste disposal sites
dc.subjectradioactive waste
dc.subjectwaste disposal
dc.subjectNortheast Atlantic
dc.subjecthydrogen
dc.subjecttritium
dc.subjecttracers
dc.subjectaccelerator mass spectra
dc.subjectAtlantic Ocean
dc.subjectNorth Atlantic
dc.subjectWest Pacific
dc.subjectNorth Pacific
dc.subjectNorthwest Pacific
dc.subjectsea water
dc.subjectconcentration
dc.subjectPacific Ocean
dc.subjectpollution
dc.subjectmass spectra
dc.subjectspectra
dc.subjectC 14
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectisotopes
dc.subjectradioactive isotopes
dc.titleRadiocarbon in Seawater at Radioactive Waste Dumping Sites in the Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific
dc.typeProceedings
dc.typetext
dc.identifier.journalRadiocarbon
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
dc.description.admin-noteMigrated from OJS platform February 2021
dc.source.volume43
dc.source.issue2B
dc.source.beginpage879
dc.source.endpage886
refterms.dateFOA2021-02-11T21:32:56Z


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