(Table 1) Sample locations, Hf and Nd isotopic compositions and concentrations of Atlantic seawater samples with hydrographic details ...

• Main Authors: Rickli, Jörg Dominik, Frank, Martin, Halliday, Alex N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: CTD/Rosette; Go-Flo bottles; ANT-XXIII/1; ANT-XXIII/3; WNA05; Polarstern; Thalassa; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Halliday; Antarc*; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.715003; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.715003

The first full water column hafnium isotopic compositions of Atlantic seawater have been obtained at seven locations from the Labrador Sea to the Drake Passage. Despite subpicomolar concentrations in seawater, a precision of the Hf isotopic measurements of <0.7 epsilon-Hf units was achieved. An overall epsilon-Hf range between -3.1 in the Labrador Sea and +4.4 in Antarctic bottom water was determined, the distribution of which broadly reflects continental weathering inputs. Within particular water column profiles, significant differences of up to 4 epsilon-Hf units occur. Combined with Nd isotope data of the same samples, it is evident that the Hf isotopic composition of seawater is too radiogenic for a given Nd isotopic composition and that the largest difference between expected and measured Hf isotopic compositions in seawater occurs near the oldest continental crust in the Labrador Sea. This corroborates the previous proposition, which was mainly based on ferromanganese crust data, that the Hf ... : Supplement to: Rickli, Jörg Dominik; Frank, Martin; Halliday, Alex N (2009): The hafnium-neodymium isotopic composition of Atlantic seawater. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 280(1-4), 118-127 ...