Fluvial and hydrothermal input of manganese into the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Middag, R., de Baar, H. J. W., Laan, P., Klunder, M. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: CONTINENTAL-MARGIN SEDIMENTS; TRACE-METALS; OXYGEN MINIMUM; ATLANTIC-OCEAN; PACIFIC-OCEAN; BLACK-SEA; IRON; WATER; DEEP; ICE; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge; Laptev Sea; Makarov Basin; Norway; Pacific; Tromso; laptev; makarov basin; Nansen; Nansen Basin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/6f1ba3ac-20dc-4b70-ad9c-76ac17e60c12; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/6f1ba3ac-20dc-4b70-ad9c-76ac17e60c12; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.011

A total of 773 samples were analysed for dissolved manganese (Mn) in the Arctic Ocean aboard R. V. Polarstern during expedition ARK XXII/2 from 28 July until 07 October 2007 from Tromso (Norway) to Bremerhaven. Concentrations of Mn were elevated in the surface layer with concentrations of up to 6 nM...