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Apr 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982e%26psl..58..213c&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 58, Issue 2, p. 213-224.
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Profiles of 226Ra and dissolved 210Pb have been measured at several stations in the Red Sea. At one station in the central Red Sea an expanded profile was measured including 226Ra and dissolved and particulate 210Pb and 210Po. These profiles show several distinct features: (1) 226Ra displays a mid-depth maximum of about 13 dpm/100 kg at about 500 m; (2) dissolved 210Pb concentrations are uniformly low at about 2 dpm/100 kg with little lateral or vertical variation; (3) the surface-water 210Pb excess which is commonly observed in low-latitude open ocean regions is entirely lacking; (4) 210Pb and 210Po activities are essentially identical to each other in both particulate and dissolved phases although 210Po activities appear somewhat lower; (5) about 20% of the 210Pb and 210Po in the water column residues on particulate matter.
Assuming the atmospheric 210Pb flux to be in the dissolved form and at the lower level of the normal range i.e. 0.5 dpm/cm2 yr, the residence time of the dissolved Pb is about 1.5 years. However, if the same atmospheric flux is entirely in particulate form, then the residence time of the dissolved Pb is about 5 years. The residence time of Pb in the particulate phase is less than 0.4 years if all the Pb is removed only by sinking particles.
Chung Yeojin
Finkel Robert C.
Kim Kyounghee
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