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Th and 
Th distributions in mid-latitudes of the North Pacific Ocean; Effect of bottom scavengingOkubo, Ayako; Obata, Hajime*; Gamo, Toshitaka*; Yamada, Masatoshi*
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 339-340, p.139 - 150, 2012/07
Times Cited Count：39 Percentile：72.16(Geochemistry & Geophysics)Vertical distributions of total Th and dissolved Th were determined in the mid-latitudes of the North Pacific Ocean. Th in the Pacific Ocean have been described well using the reversible-scavenging model. However, we observed the depletion of total Th. The enhanced vertical eddy diffusion derived from the complex topography of the western Pacific Ocean might promote bottom scavenging and transport of the low Th in deep water to the upper layers.
Suzuki, Takashi; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi; Kuwabara, Jun; Nishikawa, Jun*
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Obata, Hajime*; Miwa, Kazuji*; Kondo, Yoshiko*; Gamo, Toshitaka*; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi; Suzuki, Takashi
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Distributions chemical species of iodine (iodide, iodate and organic iodine) in seawater were investigated in the Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea, Arctic northern marginal seas. 
I, which is a good tracer for anthropogenically released iodine to the marine environments, were also revealed by this study. Iodide concentrations in seawater often increased toward the seafloor. This tendency was remarkable with iodide and organic iodine, indicating that these iodine species are released from the sediments of the continental shelf. Concentrations of I ranged from 0.79 to 2.89
10
atom/L. While this level was several times higher than those in the North Pacific, significant increase of I concentration due to seawater inflow from the North Atlantic was not observed. Considering latitudinal range of this study area, it can be estimated that most I detected by this study was derived by atmospheric deposition of I originates from Europe.
Jeon, H.; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi; Watanabe, Takahiro; Aze, Takahiro*; Miyairi, Yosuke*; Yokoyama, Yusuke*; Ogawa, Hiroshi*
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Measurements of the dissolved organic radio carbon (DOC-14) are expected to broaden our perspective on the role of DOC in the marine carbon cycle. Although the authors had succeeded in the DOC-14 analysis in seawater, it was necessary to use a large preprocessing apparatus, and the analysis has not been applied widely. We here report on the improvements to make this system safer and easier to handle. Following the previous method, DOC-14 in seawater was extracted as carbon dioxide by irradiating ultraviolet (UV), purified in a vacuum line, and the C-14 isotopic ratio was analysed with an accelerator mass spectrometer. As a major improvement, low-pressure mercury lamp which can irradiate UV of short wavelength (172 nm and 185 nm) suitable for decomposition of organic matter was used as UV source. By this improvement, the temperature increase in sample during processing was greatly reduced, and the size of the irradiation reactor was reduced to about half.
