Radium and Thorium isotope data summaries from AMLR and NBP cruises to the Antarctic in 2006

Particulate organic Carbon (POC) flux was determined through measuring Thorium (234Th) reported in dpm/kg. Cruises AMLR (Antarctic Marine Living Resources) R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya Jan/2006: The research program was focused in the southern Drake Passage along the Shackelton Shelf located near the Bransfield Strait.

Samples were obtained from the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya and inflatables that were taken to island locations. Lat/Lon Bounding Box -62.2538Lat, -62.9966Lon -63.2335Lat, -59.0332Lon -59.9964Lat, -55.7612Lon -61.4995Lat, -53.9996Lon NBP (Nathaniel B. Palmer) R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer July/2006: The research was conducted in the same region of the Drake Passage as the AMLR cruise. Samples were obtained aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Lat/Lon bounding box -60.4991Lat, -58.5613Lon -62.3599Lat, -58.0392Lon -60.2783Lat, -57.4509Lon -61.2683Lat, -54.2852Lon