The benthic silica cycle in the north-east Atlantic:seasonality, annual mass balance and presarvation mechanisms

Within the framework of the EU-funded BENGAL programme, the effects of seasonality on biogenic silica early diagenesis have been studied at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP), an abyssal locality located in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Nine cruises were carried out between August, 1996 and August 19...

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Published in:Progress in Oceanography
Main Authors: Ragueneau, O, Gallinari, M, Corrin, L, Grandel, S, Hall, Per O J, Hauvespre, A, Lampitt, Richard S, Richert, D, Stahl, Henrik, Tengberg, A, Witbaard, R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2001
Subjects:
ACCUMULATION
KINETICS
WATER
DISSOLUTION RATES
SOUTHERN-OCEAN
PARTICLE-FLUX
Oceanography
MARINE-SEDIMENTS
INDIAN-OCEAN
EQUATORIAL PACIFIC
SARGASSO-SEA
Southern Ocean
Pacific
Indian
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/aa10f788-af2e-472d-95ae-130a907a065c
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00053-2
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Summary:Within the framework of the EU-funded BENGAL programme, the effects of seasonality on biogenic silica early diagenesis have been studied at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP), an abyssal locality located in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Nine cruises were carried out between August, 1996 and August 1998. Silicic acid (DSi) increased downward from 46.2 to 213 muM (mean of 27 profiles). Biogenic silica (BSi) decreased from ca. 2% near the sediment-water interface to

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