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Time variability of technogenic radioactivity in the Black and Mediterranean Seas

  • Analysis of Observations and Methods of Calculating Oceanic Hydrophysical Fields
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We analyse the time variability of the fields of Cs-137 concentration in the surface waters of the Black and Mediterranean Seas in 1986–1998. It is shown that more contaminated Black-Sea waters affect the levels of concentration of this radionuclide in the east part of the Mediterranean Sea. We also study the influence of atmospheric processes and water exchange through Bosporus on the radioecological situation in the east part of the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal area.

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  1. T. V. Chudinovskikh
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  2. V. N. Eremeev
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  3. G. F. Batrakov
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Translated by Peter V. Malyshev and Dmitry V. Malyshev

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Chudinovskikh, T.V., Eremeev, V.N. & Batrakov, G.F. Time variability of technogenic radioactivity in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Phys. Oceanogr. 11, 439–446 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509709

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