Dissolved Calcium Carbonate in the Labrador Sea
Calcium and carbonate ion concentrations have been measured in the upper 100 m in an area southwest of Greenland. The values indicated that these waters were about 100% supersaturated with respect to calcite and about saturated with respect to aragonite. Because of the large influx of CO 2 from the...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1964
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f64-123 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f64-123 |
| Summary: | Calcium and carbonate ion concentrations have been measured in the upper 100 m in an area southwest of Greenland. The values indicated that these waters were about 100% supersaturated with respect to calcite and about saturated with respect to aragonite. Because of the large influx of CO 2 from the air in this region it was concluded that considerable CO 2 must have been utilized or there would have been evidence for the transport of this gas to lower levels. |
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