Rare Earth Element distribution in Caribbean seawater: continental inputs versus lateral transport of distinct REE compositions in subsurface water masses

• Published in: Marine Chemistry
• Main Authors: Osborne, Anne Helen, Haley, Brian A., Hathorne, Edmund C., Plancherel, Yves, Frank, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dy; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28203/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28203/1/Osborne.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.03.013

Highlights: • Dominant supply of REEs to Caribbean surface waters originates from the Amazon and Orinoco rivers • Lateral advection controls subsurface REE compositions at intermediate depths, particularly evident for Dy/Er in AAIW • Preferential addition of LREE and MREE to Caribbean deep waters Th...