In this paper, the 18O distribution of surface water from the central sea areas of the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea was studied. The δ18O value of surface water from the Bering Sea is averagely - 0.5 ‰; the δ18O contents of the Chukchi Sea are distributionally lower in northeast and higher in southwest; the δ18O value at the margin of Canadian Basin is - 2.8 ‰, and averagely - 0.8 ‰ in the southern area of the Chukchi Sea. The δ18O vertical distribution in some deep water stations from the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea is also studied. In the southern margin of Canadian Basin, the δ18O value is - 2 ‰-3 ‰for surface layer and rises to 0 at 100 m depth layer. In the Bering Sea, the δ18O is about - 0.5 ‰ for surface layer and increases to 0 at the depth of 300 m. The NO tracer can reflect obviously three water masses vertically distributed in the central Bering Sea: the upper Bering water mass, the middle Bering water mass and the deep Pacific water mass. The distributive ranges of NO and temperature for the various water masses are T＜ 7 ℃, NO＞ 780 μmol/dm3 and T ≥7 ℃, NO＞ 650 μmol/dm3 for upper Bering water mass, T ＜ 4 ℃, 550＜ NO＜ 780 μmol/dm3 for middle Bering water mass, and T＜ 4 ℃, 330＜ NO＜ 550 Mmol/ elm for deep Pacific water mass. It is found from δ18O- S relation diagram and δ18O vertical profiles that the δ18O is al＞out + 0.3 ‰ from halocline layer till sea bottom. Its isotopic characteristics are the same as the Atlantic water, showing that the sea water comes from the north Atlantic. The freshwater enchmember of the Chukchi Sea in the survey period is ako explored.
Oxygen isotopic composition and its application to the study of tracing oceanographical process in Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea
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