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Radioactive Tracers in the Sea

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The oceans are a critical component of our environment. Physically, they modify climate, not only on a regional and local scale, but on a planetary scale as well. A significant fraction of the intrahemispheric heat flux is caused by oceanic circulation. The high productivity regions of the ocean represent an important source of food. The oceans not only exert a long time-scale control over the geochemical cycling of many elements, but they play an increasingly important role in the disposal of mankind’s unwanted byproducts.

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Livingston, H.D., Jenkins, W.J. (1983). Radioactive Tracers in the Sea. In: Brewer, P.G. (eds) Oceanography. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5440-9_11

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