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Infographic showing June 2011 Cesium-134 levels in the Pacific (Japanese version).

Infographic showing June 2011 Cesium-134 levels in the Pacific (Japanese version).
Infographic showing June 2011 Cesium-134 levels in the Pacific (Japanese version).
Infographic showing June 2011 Cesium-134 levels in the Pacific (Japanese version).
Infographic showing June 2011 Cesium-134 levels in the Pacific (Japanese version).
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Cook, John E.
Infographic showing June 2011 Cesium-134 levels in the Pacific (Japanese version).
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06/06/2013
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, vol. 50, no. 1, pages 8 & 9 (in Japanese in the magazine):
Starting 375 miles off Japan, researchers on the Kaimikai o-Kanaloa measured radioisotope levels in various locations. They found that the Kuroshio Current blocked the southward flow of radioisotopes. Highest levels concentrated south of Fukushima, where currents trapped contamination in a swirling eddy.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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