The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans
We report seawater boron concentration (mg kg(-1)) and chlorinity (parts per thousand) values measured in seawater samples (n = 139) collected at various depths in the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans and the East/Japan Sea (located in the western temperate North Pacific). Our results indicat...
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ftponangunivst:oai:oasis.postech.ac.kr:2014.oak/26489 2023-05-15T17:31:05+02:00 The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans Lee, K Kim, TW Byrne, RH Millero, FJ Feely, RA Liu, YM 환경공학부 10056383 Lee, K 2010-03-15 https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/26489 https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2009.12.027 English eng PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 74 6 1801 1811 SCI급, SCOPUS 등재논문 SCIE Geochemistry & Geophysics 0016-7037 2010-OAK-0000020342 https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/26489 doi:10.1016/J.GCA.2009.12.027 10733 GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, v.74, no.6, pp.1801 - 1811 000274722200005 2-s2.0-75849122557 TOTAL INORGANIC CARBON DISSOCIATION-CONSTANTS SEA-WATER TOTAL ALKALINITY BORIC-ACID SEAWATER THERMODYNAMICS CURCUMIN ISOTOPE PCO2 Article ART 2010 ftponangunivst https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2009.12.027 2022-10-20T20:17:13Z We report seawater boron concentration (mg kg(-1)) and chlorinity (parts per thousand) values measured in seawater samples (n = 139) collected at various depths in the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans and the East/Japan Sea (located in the western temperate North Pacific). Our results indicate that variations in seawater boron concentration are strongly coupled to variations in chlorinity (and salinity), yielding a mean boron to chlorinity ratio of 0.2414 +/- 0.0009 mg kg(-1) parts per thousand(-1) (boron to salinity ratio = 0.1336 +/- 0.0005 mg kg(-1) parts per thousand(-1)). This ratio was surprisingly universal throughout the water column in the three marine basins and across widely different ocean surface regimes, but differs from the generally accepted ratio of 0.232 +/- 0.005 mg kg(-1) parts per thousand(-1) determined by Uppstrom (1974), which was based on only 20 measurements at four sites in the tropical Pacific Ocean. In converting total alkalinity to carbonate alkalinity (and vice versa) for thermodynamic calculations, the difference between these two ratios leads to a difference of 5 mu mol kg(-1) in estimates for ocean surface waters, where the contribution of borate to total alkalinity is typically greatest. We suggest the use of the new boron to chlorinity ratio for predicting seawater boron concentrations using chlorinity (or salinity) data. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. X 1 1 126 110 scie scopus Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH): Open Access System for Information Sharing (OASIS) Pacific Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 6 1801 1811 |
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TOTAL INORGANIC CARBON DISSOCIATION-CONSTANTS SEA-WATER TOTAL ALKALINITY BORIC-ACID SEAWATER THERMODYNAMICS CURCUMIN ISOTOPE PCO2 Lee, K Kim, TW Byrne, RH Millero, FJ Feely, RA Liu, YM The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans |
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We report seawater boron concentration (mg kg(-1)) and chlorinity (parts per thousand) values measured in seawater samples (n = 139) collected at various depths in the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans and the East/Japan Sea (located in the western temperate North Pacific). Our results indicate that variations in seawater boron concentration are strongly coupled to variations in chlorinity (and salinity), yielding a mean boron to chlorinity ratio of 0.2414 +/- 0.0009 mg kg(-1) parts per thousand(-1) (boron to salinity ratio = 0.1336 +/- 0.0005 mg kg(-1) parts per thousand(-1)). This ratio was surprisingly universal throughout the water column in the three marine basins and across widely different ocean surface regimes, but differs from the generally accepted ratio of 0.232 +/- 0.005 mg kg(-1) parts per thousand(-1) determined by Uppstrom (1974), which was based on only 20 measurements at four sites in the tropical Pacific Ocean. In converting total alkalinity to carbonate alkalinity (and vice versa) for thermodynamic calculations, the difference between these two ratios leads to a difference of 5 mu mol kg(-1) in estimates for ocean surface waters, where the contribution of borate to total alkalinity is typically greatest. We suggest the use of the new boron to chlorinity ratio for predicting seawater boron concentrations using chlorinity (or salinity) data. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. X 1 1 126 110 scie scopus |
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The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans |
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The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans |
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The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans |
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The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans |
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