Radium Isotopic Analyses in the Shelf-Basin Interaction (SBI) Program and Investigation of the Rate of Shelf-Basin Interaction in the Western Arctic.

摘要

To utilize the distribution of radioisotopes in the ocean for the purpose of unraveling oceanic circulation patterns and investigating the rates of mixing processes. Specific problems of current interest include shelf-basin exchange in the western Arctic (including eddy processes) and ocean ventilation and subduction processes. Because these isotopes have half-lives ranging from days to years, it is possible to study processes that encompass a great variety of temporal and spatial scales.