title: Baseline concentrations of strontium and 90Sr in seawater from the northern Gulf.
abstract: Baseline concentration of strontium and Sr-90 in Gulf is presented. The strontium concentration is much higher than reported for other oceanic waters, while the Sr-90 concentration is low at 0.7-1.0 mBq l(-1), that represents the background level following nuclear tests and can be used as an effective tracer in case of any radioactive release in the region. The strontium concentration is primarily related to the increasing salinity off the Gulf coast.
authors.affiliation: Environment Management Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box. 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait. Electronic address: sdin@kisr.edu.kw.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uddin
authors.affiliation: Environment Management Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box. 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Al Ghadban
authors.affiliation: Environment Management Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box. 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behbahani
mesh_terms: D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry; D019156:Indian Ocean; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D054712:Salinity; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014878:Water Pollution, Radioactive / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D002119:Calcium Carbonate
keywords: Arabian/Persian Gulf; Radioactivity; Salinity; Strontium