Chromium biogeochemistry and stable isotope distribution in the Southern Ocean ...

Despite the potential of stable chromium (Cr) isotope compositions as a proxy for past changes in oceanic redox conditions, a detailed understanding of the processes that govern their spatial distribution in the modern ocean is still lacking. Here, we report seawater Cr isotope compositions and conc...

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Main Authors: Rickli, Jörg, Janssen, David J., Hassler, Christel, Ellwood, Michael J., Jaccard, Samuel L.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: ETH Zurich 2019
Subjects:
Seawater
Chromium isotopes
Southern Ocean
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Drake Passage
Balleny Islands
Mertz Glacier
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000367419
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/367419
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Summary:Despite the potential of stable chromium (Cr) isotope compositions as a proxy for past changes in oceanic redox conditions, a detailed understanding of the processes that govern their spatial distribution in the modern ocean is still lacking. Here, we report seawater Cr isotope compositions and concentrations from the uppermost 1000 m of the water column in the Southern Ocean. The survey includes a cross-frontal transect from Tasmania to Antarctica, sites near the Antarctic ice-edge and in the vicinity of the Balleny Islands, as well as sites in the Drake Passage. Although a coastal influence is clearly visible in the silicon-nitrate relationship at the stations neighbouring the Balleny Islands, close to the Mertz Glacier and adjacent to the western Antarctic Peninsula, seawater δ53Cr and Cr concentrations remain largely unaffected. As for the coastal sites, Cr depletion and isotopic shifts are also virtually absent in Antarctic and Subantarctic surface waters of the open ocean. Biological uptake of Cr ... : Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 262 ...

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