Abstract

Procedures have been developed for the analyses of dissolved and particulate 234Th, 228Th, 230Th and 232Th in seawater. Large volume samples (>1000 1) are collected using in situ pumps. Seawater is pumped sequentially through a filter cartridge and two MnO 2 adsorbers for the collection of particulate and dissolved Th, respectively. Both filters adsorbers are analysed for 234Th using a simple gamma counting technique. This newly developed 234Th procedure can be conducted at sea, and thus provides an easy and efficient method for 234Th analyses on large volume samples. Subsequent radiochemical purification procedures and low-level alpha counting techniques are used in the laboratory for the analyses of 228Th, 230Th and 232Th on these same samples.

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