(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1984-09)
Casso, Susan A.; Livingston, Hugh D.
This report contains data obtained from measurements of various artificial
radiotracers in seawater samples from the Norwegian-Greenland Seas
and adjacent seas during 1981-82. The radionuclides measured include
137Cs, 134Cs, 90Sr and 3H. The sampling and analytical work result from
the efforts of several laboratories viz. Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut,
Germany; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Fisheries Laboratory),
U.K.; Riso National Laboratory, Denmark; University of Miami
Tritium Laboratory, U.S.A.; and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
U.S.A.
The data set includes a large number of measurements in surface water
in the region and a substantial number of vertical profiles in the various
water masses. The radiotracers in the region originate from nuclear fallout
from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests and from low level releases of
liquid waste to European coastal waters in association with the reprocessing
of nuclear fuel. The data represent a comprehensive series of measurements
suitable for gaining new insight in respect to the rates and routes
of the regional circulation and to the dispersal pattern of pollutants
introduced to European shelf waters.
