Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts
Hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts incorporate elements from ambient seawater during their growth on seamounts. By analysing Nd, Pb and Be isotope profiles within crusts it is possible to reconstruct seawater tracer histories. Depth profiles of 10Be/9Be ratios in three Pacific ferromanganese crusts...
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ftgfzpotsdam:oai:gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de:item_237665 2023-05-15T17:13:55+02:00 Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts Ling, H. Burton, K. O'Nions, R. Kamber, B. von Blanckenburg, F. Gibb, A. Hein, R. 0 Pre-GFZ, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum 1997 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_237665 unknown info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/S0012-821X(96)00224-5 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_237665 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 550 - Earth sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1997 ftgfzpotsdam https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(96)00224-5 2022-09-14T05:55:09Z Hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts incorporate elements from ambient seawater during their growth on seamounts. By analysing Nd, Pb and Be isotope profiles within crusts it is possible to reconstruct seawater tracer histories. Depth profiles of 10Be/9Be ratios in three Pacific ferromanganese crusts have been used to obtain growth rates which are between 1.4 and 3.8 mm/Ma. Nd and Pb isotopes provide intact records of isotopic variations in Pacific seawater over the last 20 Ma or more. There were only small changes in Pb isotope composition in the last 20 Ma. This indicates a constant Pb composition for the erosional sources and suggests further that erosional Nd inputs may have been uniform too. εNd values vary considerably with time and most probably reflect changes in ocean circulation. The Epsilon(tief:Nd) values of the crusts not only vary as a function of age but also as a function of water depth. From 25 to 0 Ma, crust VAl3/2 from 4.8 km water depth has a similar pattern of εNd variation to the two shallower crusts from 1.8 and 2.3 km, but about 1.0 to 1.5 units more negative. This suggests that εNd stratification in Pacific seawater, as demonstrated for the present day, has been maintained for at least 20 Ma. Each crust shows a decrease in εNd from 3-5 Ma to the present, which is interpreted in terms of an increase in the NADW component present in the Pacific. From 10 to 3-5 Ma ago the crusts show an increase in εNd. This suggests a decreasing role for a deep water source with εNd less than circum-Pacific sources. In this regard the Panamanian gateway restriction from ~ 10 Ma with final closure at 3-5 Ma may have played an important role in reducing access of Atlantic-derived Nd to the Pacific. Article in Journal/Newspaper NADW GFZpublic (German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam) Pacific Earth and Planetary Science Letters 146 1-2 1 12 |
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Hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts incorporate elements from ambient seawater during their growth on seamounts. By analysing Nd, Pb and Be isotope profiles within crusts it is possible to reconstruct seawater tracer histories. Depth profiles of 10Be/9Be ratios in three Pacific ferromanganese crusts have been used to obtain growth rates which are between 1.4 and 3.8 mm/Ma. Nd and Pb isotopes provide intact records of isotopic variations in Pacific seawater over the last 20 Ma or more. There were only small changes in Pb isotope composition in the last 20 Ma. This indicates a constant Pb composition for the erosional sources and suggests further that erosional Nd inputs may have been uniform too. εNd values vary considerably with time and most probably reflect changes in ocean circulation. The Epsilon(tief:Nd) values of the crusts not only vary as a function of age but also as a function of water depth. From 25 to 0 Ma, crust VAl3/2 from 4.8 km water depth has a similar pattern of εNd variation to the two shallower crusts from 1.8 and 2.3 km, but about 1.0 to 1.5 units more negative. This suggests that εNd stratification in Pacific seawater, as demonstrated for the present day, has been maintained for at least 20 Ma. Each crust shows a decrease in εNd from 3-5 Ma to the present, which is interpreted in terms of an increase in the NADW component present in the Pacific. From 10 to 3-5 Ma ago the crusts show an increase in εNd. This suggests a decreasing role for a deep water source with εNd less than circum-Pacific sources. In this regard the Panamanian gateway restriction from ~ 10 Ma with final closure at 3-5 Ma may have played an important role in reducing access of Atlantic-derived Nd to the Pacific. |
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Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts |
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Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts |
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Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts |
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Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts |
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Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts |
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evolution of nd and pb isotopes in central pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts |
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