Water Circulation and Marine Environment in the Antarctic Traced by Speciation of 129I and 127I

Abstract Emissions of anthropogenic 129I from human nuclear activities are now detected in the surface water of the Antarctic seas. Surface seawater samples from the Drake Passage, Bellingshausen, Amundsen, and Ross Seas were analyzed for total 129I and 127I, as well as for iodide and iodate of thes...

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Main Authors: Shan Xing, Xiaolin Hou, Ala Aldahan, Göran Possnert, Keliang Shi, Peng Yi, Weijian Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07765-w