Workshop WS01:
Isotopes as tracers in marine environmental studies
Convenor: P.P. Povinec
Thursday 25 October Room: J.V. Gonzalez (JVG) Morning
Session: Water dynamics
Chairperson: P.P. Povinec
0800-0840 WS01-01 W.C. BURNETT
Tracing groundwater discharge into the ocean via continuous Radon-222 measurements.
0840-0920 WS01-12 C. JEANDEL, O. Lauret, F. Lacan, F. Candaudap, M.R. van der Loeff
Neodymium isotopic signatures of water masses along the Argentinean slope.
0920-0940 WS01-05 J. OLIVEIRA, L.A. Farias, B.P. Mazzilli, W.C. Burnett, J. Christoff, E.S. Braga, V.V. Furtado
Reconnaissance of submarine groundwater discharge at Ubatuba Coast- Brazil, using Rn-222 as a natural tracer.
0940-1000 WS01-21 J.C. DUTAY, P. Jean-Baptiste, J. Orr
Feasibility study to simulate natural Helium-3 during OCMIP-2.
1000-1020 coffee break
Session: Transport processes
Chairperson: C. Jeandel
1020-1100 WS01-33 R. SZYMCZAK, R.A. Jeffree, M. Zaw, G.A. Peck, G.D. Mcorist
Trace element pathway analysis in the oligotrophic South Pacific Ocean using natural radioisotopes.
1100-1120 WS01-30 G.A. PECK, R. Szymczak, R.A. Jeffree
Po-210 and Pb-210 in surface water, particulate matter, zooplankton and their faecal pellets in the South Pacific.
1120-1140 WS01-10 R.V. AZANZA P. J. Hansen
Estimates of photosynthesis using C14 technique in green noctiluca scintillans from Manila Bay, Philippines.
1140-1200 WS01-44 withdrawn
 
1200-1220 WS01-15 AE.M. KHATER, M.S. El Tahawy
Environmental monitoring of radioactivity levels in Qarun Lake, Egypt.
1220-1430 Lunch
Thursday 25 October Room: J.V. Gonzalez (JVG) Afternoon
Session: New isotopic techniques
Chairperson: W.C. Burnett
1430-1510 WS01-32 A.J.T. JULL, G.S. Burr, J.W. Beck, D. Biddulph, L.R. Mchargue
Accelerator mass spectrometry: a tool for tracer studies in the ocean and variations in the climatic record.
1510-1530 WS01-09 L. Coppola, M. Roy-Barman, P. Wassmann, C.JEANDEL
Calibration of sediment traps and particulate organic carbon export using 234Th in the Barents Sea.
1530-1550 WS01-41 R. BOJANOWSKI, Z. Radecki
Rapid determination of Ra-226 and uranium isotopes in environmental materials by fusion with borates followed by alpha-spectrometry.
1550-1610 coffee break
Session: Water column studies
Chairperson: K. Hirose
1610-1650 WS01-20 P.P. POVINEC
Marine environmental studies using radioactive isotopes.
1650-1710 WS01-25 D. TSUMUNE, M. Aoyama, K. Hirose
Numerical simulation of 137Cs and 239,240Pu concentrations by an ocean general circulation model.
1710-1730 WS01-06 M. AOYAMA, K. Hirose
Temporal variation of 137Cs water column inventory in the Pacific Ocean since 1960s.
1730-1750 WS01-16 J.V. STANEVA, E. Stanev, J. Bullister, J.W. Murray, K. Buesseler
Ventilation of the Black Sea pycnocline inferred from observed and model simulated CFC and Cs137 data.
Friday 26 October Room: J.V. Gonzalez (JVG) Morning
Session: Processes in water and sediment
Chairperson: T. Jull
0800-0840 WS01-07 K. HIROSE, M. Aoyama
137Cs and 239,240Pu concentrations in surface waters of the North Pacific and the marginal sea.
0840-0900 WS01-42 R. Gerdes, M.J. Karcher, F. KAUKER, C. Koeberle
Prediction for the spreading of radioactive substances from the sunken submarine ``Kursk'' in the Barents Sea.
0900-0920 WS01-28 R.C.L. FIGUEIRA, V.V. Furtado, M.G. Tessler, I.I.L. Cunha
Cs-137, Sr-90, Pu-238 and Pu-239 levels in marine sediments samples from Brazilian southern coast.
0920-0940 IB01-10 A.C. RUIZ FERNANDEZ, C. Hillarie-Marcel, F. Páez Osuna, G. Bassam M..F. Soto Jiménez.
Elemental and isotopic source identification of sedimentary organic matter in recent sediments in Altata-Ensenada Del Pabellón coastal lagoon complex (NW México)
0940-1000 WS01-08 C.M. ALONSO HERNANDEZ, M. Dias, A.A. Muñoz Caravaca, R. Delfanti, C. Papucci
Determination of recent sedimentation rates in Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba by 210Pb and 137Cs dating techniques.
1000-1020 coffee break
Session: Sediment dynamics
Chairperson: R. Szymczak
1020-1100 WS01-34 withdrawn
 
1100-1120 IB01-09 L. Coppola, M. Roy-Barman, P. Wassmann, C.JEANDEL
Calibration of sediment traps and particulate organic carbon export.
1120-1140 WS01-35 R. BOJANOWSKI
Quality of environmental Ra-226 data in the light of intercomparison exercises and proficiency tests.
1140-1200 WS01-46 J. FÄRBER-LORDA, R.A. Jeffree, S.W. Fowler, F. Carvalho
Trophic conditions and zooplankton 210Po uptake during a one year cycle in Monaco Bay.
1200-1220 WS01-23 A.E.KONTAR
Study of hydrodynamically dominated sedimentary processes in the Black Sea using isotope techniques and modeling.
1220-1430 Lunch
Friday 26 October Room: J.V. Gonzalez (JVG) Afternoon
Session: Sediment dynamics II
Chairperson: R. Bojanovski
1430-1450 WS01-14 A.E.M. KHATER
Lead-210 activity concentration in fish and dose assessment.
1450-1510 WS01-02 S.K. JHA, S.B. Chavan, G.G. Pandit, S. Sadasivan
Geochronology of Pb and Hg pollution in coastal marine environment using fallout Cs-137.
1510-1530 WS01-38 S.P. KALE, N.B.K. Murthy
Role of 14C-tracers in studying the behaviour of persistent chemicals in Indian marine environment.
1530-1550 WS01-45 N.H.M. Kamel, A.S. Ibrahim
The behaviour of 134Cs, 60Co and 90Sr radionuclides in the marine environmental sediment.
1550-1610 coffee break
1610-1810 Round table discussion: Development of regional programmes for Latin American countries
Chairperson: P.P. Povinec
Wednesday 24 October FOYER Morning 0830-1230
Poster Session
Chairperson: G.A. Peck
WS01-24 D.A. SIRELKHATIM, A.K. Sam, R.K. Hassona
Po-210 and Pb-210 levels in sediments and biota of the Red Sea, Sudan.
WS01-29 R.T. SAITO, R.C.L. Figueira, M.G. Tessler, I.I.L. Cunha
Pb-210 and Po-210 levels in the Cananeia-Iguape Estuary (São Paulo State, Brazil).
WS01-43 M.P. MEREDITH, K.J. Heywood, P.F. Dennis, L.E. Goldson, R.M.P. White
Freshwater fluxes through the Western Fram Strait.