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appears to be from the Bravo Crater area, the lagoonward distribution of this
radionuclide may serve as a useful tracer.
Cobalt-€0 is produced mainly by the reaction 360 (ny) ©°co.

Cobalt-59

for this reaction may have been supplied from cobalt present in iron, which
was used in large quantities for device and barge construction (Schell, 1975a;

Adams et al., op. cit).

Compared to the typical

23942405,8009 ratios of 5-10

found in lagoon sediments, lower ratios and high concentrations of 696, are
present in both Bravo and Zuni Crater sediments.

The absence of high concen-

trations of 0c from crater sediments collected in Tewa Crater and at Station
B-19 can be explained again by hypothesizing that surface sediments in this
region are covered by (or diluted with) material transported to this region
from the reef perimeter to the east.

The relative depletion of 60 Co (ts, =

5.27 yrs.) from Station B-30 sediments can be explained by decay of the radio-

nuclide between the Baker (1946) and post-Baker (1954-58) testing periods.
5.1-7

Distribution of the ordering sequence of radionuclide
concentrations measured at each station.
The distribution of the several radionuclides measured in

surface sediments across the lagoon show only occasional patterns which are
useful in tracing the specific origin of the radionuclides measured at each
station.

In an attempt to make more use of the

concentration data, it was

found that there exists patterns in the areal distribution of the ordering
sequence of radionuclide concentrations.

Except as noted in Fig. 18, the

ordering sequence found can be separated into two types, where the concentrations of 23942405 24 ny and 155ey were always greater than the concentrations
of 20755 13766 or 6009,
24)

Am and

155

The first type is for the ordering of 23942405

Eu. The ordering sequence Pu >Eu >Am predominates across the

lagoon, while the sequences Eu > Pu > Am, and Pu > Am > Eu were found in the

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