AESOPS NBP98-2, Radionuclides from sediment cores

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Principal investigator:  Bob Anderson
Collaborators:           Martin Fleisher and Zanna Chase
Institution:             Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Notes:

Sediment core samples were analyzed for Be-10 by accelerator mass spectrometry
after spiking with Be-9.  U, Th and Pa were analyzed by isotope dilution
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).


References:
Y. Lao, R.F. Anderson, W.S. Broecker, H.J. Hofmann and W. Wolfli,
Particulate fluxes of 230Th, 231Pa, and 10Be in the Northeastern Pacific
Ocean, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 57(1), 205-217, 1993.

Chase, Z., R. F. Anderson, M. Q. Fleisher and P. Kubik.
Scavenging of 230Th, 231Pa and 10Be in the Southern Ocean (SW Pacific sector):
The importance of particle flux and advection.  Deep-Sea Research-II, 
in press (3rd AESOPS volume).



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