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~i,scorage, mixing and fa..cut anc in particutLar of an intecevting
new one advancea seceinciy by E. *. Martel: _,.
Dr. Macteli'‘s
theocy iv that whereas equatorial chots would have ctneis zadioaccive debris dictcibutea uniformly cnsoughout the utratospheze
é&..1 might wei: come down accordin, to a residence time of
5 co 21) years,
vesjion, as for
tunic is not true for snotc made in the poiar
the russian tests.
He su,z.,ests that there may pve
a dictinction to be dvawn for these as compared to the U. S. -
Bicitish tests carried >.ut near the equator.
For the pola. snots
he suggests a mucn shorter residence time - 1 year or tess - ana
over the Northern Latituses of tue particular nemicphere involved.
we Russian Octoter cevies makes ai immeurate and definitive
cect possibie.
Ii: Tatie II we dispiay the ctrontium-Sl fai.our
sate for naortherr. Latituaes expected now - on Dr. Marteli's theory -
wich an avevaje ase cuch that the ratio of the
Ur
ee
o£ come 32 miiiicuvies of vtvroutium-9. pew cquave mile pex year
day stvontium-c9
to sccontium-9) whould be .Z2) in November wecreasins to 45 in
Jai.suary as compared to expected sates on the older uniform
dictcibution theory of 2.5 or 5.i wiliicuries per square mize
pe: year dependin, or whether tiie stratospheric cesiaence time
be taxen aS :0 of 5 years respective:y and witn the stvoncium-09
to strontium-93 at 55 fo2 Uovember, 4i for December ana 32 for
January 1959.
In the table ave Jiven vome om Wovemver for Pittcouryh,
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December for iJestwoou, Mew Jersey, and Januacy fox Wasnir.,ton, B.C.
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