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What drives spatial variability in water-column beryllium-10 inventories? — NSF Award to Columbia University (NY, $819,285)

The distribution of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in the ocean can be used to understand the movement of water and particles through the ocean. Measurements of these same isotopes in ocean sediments can, in turn, be used to reconstruct ocean processes back through time. The objective of this project is to me

Award titleWhat drives spatial variability in water-column beryllium-10 inventories?
Award ID2525190
AwardeeColumbia University
CityNEW YORK
StateNY
Amount obligated$819,285
Principal investigatorJennifer Middleton
ProgramMarine Geology and Geophysics, Chemical Oceanography
Start date02/01/2026
AbstractThe distribution of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in the ocean can be used to understand the movement of water and particles through the ocean. Measurements of these same isotopes in ocean sediments can, in turn, be used to reconstruct ocean processes back through time. The objective of this project is to measure the isotope beryllium-10 in samples of seawater, ocean particles, and sediment samples from the South Pacific Ocean. The samples were collected on previous oceanographic expe
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