region of Kiceile istand in late 794.4 asd from 1956 to 1357.
TM.
tavattul putter, pcar Aabe lle Tsland is undoubtedly assoc-
vate) with ite reoygrapateal location.
corner cL the atoll,
Girecily there,
these &,
refocoies
it is so located that unless fallout occurs
a long tine may be required for activity to drift
Lagoon currents.
Ki b-iie Telani,
Isolated in the northeastern
Although fallout in March 1954 did hit
the adjacent lagoon area may have been temporarily
by relatively uncontaminated ocean water entering from
sae inter-Lsland cnanneis at the time plankton was first sampled
noar Kareile in July 1754,
Then, by December 19€4 an influx of
econtanin ced lasoon water could have occurred near Kabelle.
Tie rise from 1956 to 1957. probably resulted from a similar
62 it ia fairly certain from data on terrestrial sampling,
ie7
oO
4
3
fm»
~
co
influx near Kabelle Island of contaminated lagoon water, since ir
-
t-
Ww
tiat the 1 St fal out dia not @ffect Kabelle Island as much as it
Gia the mere southern isiinds.
Because of its itsolated location
tris nortacass biy of the lagoor may be expected to vary in the
rid.oactivicy of
fts poankeoon.
Fijjare 4 3nows, on lov-iog plot,
the decay patterns of six
Samples countec on mor. tion tirse »oecasions.
Ordinal
Ordg@inal values apply
Only ty Ou Pave Separately, und do not permit comparison of abBS ivte ractoactivity between curves.
as Mareh 1,
1)5% Lecause
The date of reference is taken
the detonation of this date is believed to
- ave contributed many times as much radioactivity to the atoll as
167.