Natural Radionuclides as Tracers of Coastal Biogeochemical Processes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the ways that natural radionuclides have been used as tracers of biogeochemical processes occurring in the coastal ocean. The radionuclides involved include those in the uranium and thorium decay series and those produced in the atmosphere by the interaction of cosmic rays with atmospheric gases (i.e., cosmogenic radionuclides). The property of radioactivity provides a chronometer with which to measure the rates of oceanic processes, and the fundamental biogeochemical behavior of the radionuclide determines which process(es) it may be used to trace. Examples from recent research will be presented in the talk.
DOI
10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.08.079
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Cochran, J. Kirk; Feng, Huan; Amiel, D.; and Beck, A., "Natural Radionuclides as Tracers of Coastal Biogeochemical Processes" (2006). Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 440.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/440