| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 24, 2012
Environmental Radioactivity 2010
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| Article Number | 04005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Marine Radioactivity | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122404005 | |
| Published online | 04 April 2012 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122404005
Seasonal variations of 228Ra/226Ra and 228Th/228Ra ratios in surface water from the eastern East China Sea
1 Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Japan
2 Fisheries Research Agency, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan
3 Fisheries Research Agency, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan
4 Mutsu Marine Laboratory, Japan Marine Science Foundation, Aomori, Japan
A total of 30 surface water samples were collected at 2 sites on the east side of the East China Sea (ECS) during 2008–20f0, and 226Ra, 228Ra, and 228Th activities were measured using low-background γ-spectrometry. The 228Ra/226Ra and 228Th/228Ra activity ratios of the samples exhibited notable seasonal variations (228Ra/226Ra = 0.2–3.3; 228Th/228Ra = < 0.1–0.4) accompanying salinity changes (31.0–34.6). These changes are hypothesized to cause the change by altering the mixing ratio of 228Ra-rich and particle-rich continental shelf water within the ECS.
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