Temporal and spatial distribution of 137Cs in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Horizontal and vertical dispersion in two regions

Simulation of the long term fate of water and pollutants, transported from the Dardanelles plume into the North Aegean Sea

“…The vertical distribution of water salinity and temperature was validated on local and regional From Figure 8, it is evident that the numerically predicted profiles (present study) are very close to the corresponding field measurements (Evangeliou et al, 2009). This is more evident in Figure 10c were the corresponding determination coefficients between the compared data are calculated.…”

“…Figure 3 Open southern boundary forcing conditions for ELCOM, from Mykonos station for (a)Salinity, (b)Water temperature. Sampling stations and main current circulation according to the work of Evangeliou et al, (2009). Figure 13 Modelled surface circulation, generated using a homogeneous wind field for (a) 13/07/2010 and (b) 09/04/2010, and a fully interpolated wind field for (c) 13/07/2010 and (d) 09/04/2010.…”

Distribution of ¹³⁷Cs Radionuclide in Industrial Wastes Effluents of Gresik, East Java, Indonesia

“…The low activity concentration is probably due to the soil particles (suspended sediments) at station 3 which contained some ions such as potassium, calcium, ammonium and other inorganic ions which scavenged 137 Cs and precipitated the radionuclide to the bottom sediments; thus, the concentration of 137 Cs in sediment which have received deposition of radionuclides will increase [21]. However, Aoyama et al [19], Evangeliou et al [22], and Nakanishi et al [23] found that the activity concentration of 137 Cs in deep water and coastal water in Japan decreased with depth or was concentrated in surface sediments. The activity concentration of 137 Cs in the surface seawater was much higher than in the sub-surface layers.…”

The dispersion of 137Cs in a shallow Mediterranean embayment (Saronikos Gulf – Elefsis Bay), estimated inventories and residence times

“…On the other hand, several workers have proposed 137 Cs as a tracer tool of marine processes, such as resuspension of bottom sediments and remineralization and as a chronological tracer as well Evangeliou et al, 2009;Florou et al, 2012). Moreover, 137 Cs is a conservative element, present in seawater as the Cs þ ion.…”

“…It is transported following the water masses and its vertical profiles in the water column are controlled by physical processes. Thus, it is a powerful tracer for vertical mixing, deep water formation processes and resulting basin exchanges (Smith and Ellis, 1982;Calmet and Fernandez, 1990;Brydsten and Jansson, 1989;Papucci and Delfanti, 1999;Delfanti et al, 2003;Evangeliou et al, 2009).…”