Distributions of total and size-fractionated particulate 210Po and 210Pb activities along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise
Vertical distributions of total and particulate polonium-210 ( 210 Po ) and lead-210 ( 210 Pb ) activities in the water column were measured at 11 stations in the North Atlantic during the GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise in May–June 2014. Total 210 Po activity was on average 24 % lower than...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:bg68441 2023-05-15T15:10:30+02:00 Distributions of total and size-fractionated particulate 210Po and 210Pb activities along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise Tang, Yi Castrillejo, Maxi Roca-Martí, Montserrat Masqué, Pere Lemaitre, Nolwenn Stewart, Gillian 2019-01-17 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5437-2018 https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/5437/2018/ eng eng doi:10.5194/bg-15-5437-2018 https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/5437/2018/ eISSN: 1726-4189 Text 2019 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5437-2018 2019-12-24T09:49:55Z Vertical distributions of total and particulate polonium-210 ( 210 Po ) and lead-210 ( 210 Pb ) activities in the water column were measured at 11 stations in the North Atlantic during the GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise in May–June 2014. Total 210 Po activity was on average 24 % lower than 210 Pb activity in the upper 100 m, and it was closer to unity in the mesopelagic (100–1000 m). The partitioning coefficients ( K d ) along the transect suggest the preferential association of 210 Po relative to 210 Pb onto particles. The prominent role of small particles in sorption was confirmed by the observation that over 80 % of the particulate radionuclide activity was on small particles. To account for the observed surface water 210 Po ∕ 210 Pb disequilibria, particulate radionuclide activities and export of both small (1–53 µ m) and large ( >53 µ m) particles must be considered. A comparison between the GEOVIDE total particulate 210 Po ∕ 210 Pb activity ratios (ARs) and the ratios in previous studies revealed a distinct geographic distribution, with lower particulate ARs in the high-latitude North Atlantic (including this study) and Arctic in relation to all other samples. For the samples where apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) was calculated at the same depth and time as the 210 Po ∕ 210 Pb AR (40 stations including this study), there was a two-phase correlation between the total particulate AR and AOU, likely reflecting the nature of the particles and demonstrating the forces of remineralization and radionuclide decay from particles as they age. Text Arctic North Atlantic Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Arctic Biogeosciences 15 17 5437 5453 |
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Vertical distributions of total and particulate polonium-210 ( 210 Po ) and lead-210 ( 210 Pb ) activities in the water column were measured at 11 stations in the North Atlantic during the GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise in May–June 2014. Total 210 Po activity was on average 24 % lower than 210 Pb activity in the upper 100 m, and it was closer to unity in the mesopelagic (100–1000 m). The partitioning coefficients ( K d ) along the transect suggest the preferential association of 210 Po relative to 210 Pb onto particles. The prominent role of small particles in sorption was confirmed by the observation that over 80 % of the particulate radionuclide activity was on small particles. To account for the observed surface water 210 Po ∕ 210 Pb disequilibria, particulate radionuclide activities and export of both small (1–53 µ m) and large ( >53 µ m) particles must be considered. A comparison between the GEOVIDE total particulate 210 Po ∕ 210 Pb activity ratios (ARs) and the ratios in previous studies revealed a distinct geographic distribution, with lower particulate ARs in the high-latitude North Atlantic (including this study) and Arctic in relation to all other samples. For the samples where apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) was calculated at the same depth and time as the 210 Po ∕ 210 Pb AR (40 stations including this study), there was a two-phase correlation between the total particulate AR and AOU, likely reflecting the nature of the particles and demonstrating the forces of remineralization and radionuclide decay from particles as they age. |
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Distributions of total and size-fractionated particulate 210Po and 210Pb activities along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise |
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Distributions of total and size-fractionated particulate 210Po and 210Pb activities along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise |
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Distributions of total and size-fractionated particulate 210Po and 210Pb activities along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise |
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Distributions of total and size-fractionated particulate 210Po and 210Pb activities along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise |
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