Publications
Study on Anthropogenic Uranium Isotope U-236 in the Environment - Application for Oceanic Circulation Tracer
- Author(s)
- Aya Sakaguchi, Akinobu Kadokura, Peter Steier, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Kohei Sakata, Jumpei Tomita, Yoshio Takahashi
- Abstract
Recently, the anthropogenic uranium isotope U-236 has been recognized as one of the "environmental uranium (U) isotopes". With the development of instruments and detection techniques of sufficient abundance sensitivity, the applications that use U-236 as a proxy/tool for environmental and geochemical uranium studies are expanding. The origin and level of U-236 in the vicinity area of the Japan Sea were deduced from measurements of U-236 and Cs-137 in surface soils, seawater, suspended particulate matter and oceanic bottom sediments. This study also presents the feasibility of U-236 use as an oceanic circulation tracer.
- Organisation(s)
- Isotope Physics
- External organisation(s)
- Hiroshima University, Kanazawa University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- Journal
- Bunseki kagaku
- Volume
- 62
- Pages
- 1001-1012
- No. of pages
- 12
- ISSN
- 0525-1931
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2116/bunsekikagaku.62.1001
- Publication date
- 11-2013
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 1030 Physics, Astronomy, 105204 Climatology, 105105 Geochemistry, 105305 Hydrometry
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/study-on-anthropogenic-uranium-isotope-u236-in-the-environment--application-for-oceanic-circulation-tracer(95a5d89b-bd2f-4188-b1f9-7f2922d3c093).html