AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
Table 4.5.1 Average radionuclide concentrations observed 1999 in surface seawater
samples
Region 137Cs
99Tc
90Sr
Salinity
239,240Pu
Bq m-3
SD n Bq m-3
SD
n Bq m-3
SD n ‰
SD n mBq m-3
SD n
FR
1.7
0.1
2
0.020
0.000
2
1.1
0.1
2
34.8
0
2
4.6
0.4
2
IRM
1.7
-
1
<0.01
-
1
1.0
-
1
35.1
-
1
Ice
2.8
0.1
2
0.031
0.003
2
1.1
0.0
2
34.7
0.0 2
NE
4.5
0.6
4
0.082
0.009
4
1.8
0.3
4
29.2
2.9
4
2.5
0.1
3
EGC
5.4
0.3
7
0.078
0.012
7
2.0
0.4
7
32.2
1.5 7
SW
4.3
0.4
4
0.071
0.008
4
1.6
0.1
4
31.3
0.5
4
7.1
0.5
3
CW
2.8
0.8
3
0.052
0.017
3
1.5
0.1
3
31.8
2.0
3
2.1
0.8
3
NW
2.9
0.1
4
0.024
0.003
4
1.1
-
1
31.5
-
1
The region acronyms are FR: Faroe Islands; IRM: Irmiger current; Ice: Iceland Sea; EGC: the
East Greenland Current in the Denmark Strait; NE: northeast Greenland at Scoresbysund
and Zackenberg; SW: southwest Greenland; CW: central west Greenland; NW: northwest
Greenland (cf. Figure 2.5.1).
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