Summary
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 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 expeditions, which provides important context for interpreting the new data. The team will use the new d
