Time-series measurements of 234Th in water column and sediment trap samples from the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

• Published in: Deep-sea research. Part II, Topical studies in oceanography Vol. 56; no. 18; pp. 1487 - 1501
• Main Authors: Cochran, J. Kirk, Miquel, Juan Carlos, Armstrong, Robert, Fowler, Scott W., Masqué, Pere, Gasser, Beat, Hirschberg, David, Szlosek, Jennifer, Rodriguez y Baena, Alessia M., Verdeny, Elisabet, Stewart, Gillian M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.08.2009
• Subjects: Non-steady state; Northwest Mediterranean; Particle fluxes; Sediment traps; Thorium-234; Northwest Mediterranean; Particle fluxes; Sediment traps; Thorium-234; Non-steady state

Disequilibrium between 234Th and 238U in water column profiles has been used to estimate the settling flux of Th (and, by proxy, of particulate organic carbon); yet potentially major non-steady-state influences on 234Th profiles are often not able to be considered in estimations of flux. We have com...