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Here we report how inputs of meteoric water affect the physical and biogeochemical properties of both the water column and sea ice cover on the Wandel Sea shelf, northeastern Greenland, during spring 2015. Depleted 18O observed in the water column, with surface water as low as –16.3 ‰, suggest a st...
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dataone:sha256:e73087795195bbe6642c17f1a51aa002f3933fcfa2bd369d3b9bcf709644a96b 2024-06-03T18:46:51+00:00 Station Nord Nicolas-Xavier Geilfus BEGINDATE: 2015-05-05T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2015-05-21T00:00:00Z 2021-07-09T01:45:43.888Z https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:e73087795195bbe6642c17f1a51aa002f3933fcfa2bd369d3b9bcf709644a96b unknown sea ice d18O DIC TA carbonate system Dataset 2021 dataone:urn:node:HYDROSHARE 2024-06-03T18:17:57Z Here we report how inputs of meteoric water affect the physical and biogeochemical properties of both the water column and sea ice cover on the Wandel Sea shelf, northeastern Greenland, during spring 2015. Depleted 18O observed in the water column, with surface water as low as –16.3 ‰, suggest a strong input of meteoric water (i.e., water derived from precipitation). Depleted 18O observed within sea ice (from –21.5 to –8.0 ‰) reflect its formation from already depleted surface water. In addition, the thick snow cover present during the survey promotes the formation of snow ice as well as insulates the ice cover. Within sea ice, the relatively warm temperature and low salinity impeded impedes ikaite formation. However, measurements of total dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity indicate the dissolution of calcium carbonate as the main process affecting the carbonate system in both sea ice and the water column. Therefore, we propose that carbonate minerals, released along with glacial drainage, dissolve in both sea ice and the water column, affecting the carbonate system. This suggests that increasing inputs of glacial meltwater may compensate for the lack of ikaite precipitation within sea ice by increasing glacier-derived carbonate minerals to the ocean and incorporation within the ice structure. If widespread in glacial-fed waters, bedrock carbonate minerals could increase CO2 sequestration in glacial catchments despite the weakening of the sea ice carbon pump. Dataset glacier Greenland Sea ice Wandel Sea Unknown Greenland Wandel ENVELOPE(-64.000,-64.000,-65.083,-65.083) Station Nord ENVELOPE(-16.663,-16.663,81.599,81.599) |
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Here we report how inputs of meteoric water affect the physical and biogeochemical properties of both the water column and sea ice cover on the Wandel Sea shelf, northeastern Greenland, during spring 2015. Depleted 18O observed in the water column, with surface water as low as –16.3 ‰, suggest a strong input of meteoric water (i.e., water derived from precipitation). Depleted 18O observed within sea ice (from –21.5 to –8.0 ‰) reflect its formation from already depleted surface water. In addition, the thick snow cover present during the survey promotes the formation of snow ice as well as insulates the ice cover. Within sea ice, the relatively warm temperature and low salinity impeded impedes ikaite formation. However, measurements of total dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity indicate the dissolution of calcium carbonate as the main process affecting the carbonate system in both sea ice and the water column. Therefore, we propose that carbonate minerals, released along with glacial drainage, dissolve in both sea ice and the water column, affecting the carbonate system. This suggests that increasing inputs of glacial meltwater may compensate for the lack of ikaite precipitation within sea ice by increasing glacier-derived carbonate minerals to the ocean and incorporation within the ice structure. If widespread in glacial-fed waters, bedrock carbonate minerals could increase CO2 sequestration in glacial catchments despite the weakening of the sea ice carbon pump. |
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Nicolas-Xavier Geilfus |
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Station Nord |
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Station Nord |
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BEGINDATE: 2015-05-05T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2015-05-21T00:00:00Z |
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ENVELOPE(-64.000,-64.000,-65.083,-65.083) ENVELOPE(-16.663,-16.663,81.599,81.599) |
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Greenland Wandel Station Nord |
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Greenland Wandel Station Nord |
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glacier Greenland Sea ice Wandel Sea |
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glacier Greenland Sea ice Wandel Sea |
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