Dissolved Rare Earth Elements in the central-western sector of the Ross Sea, Southern Ocean: geochemical tracing of seawater masses

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: TURETTA, Clara, BARBARO, ELENA, CAPODAGLIO, Gabriele, BARBANTE, Carlo
• Other Authors: Turetta, Clara, Barbaro, Elena, Capodaglio, Gabriele, Barbante, Carlo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Rare earth element; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; ocean circulation; Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica; Settore GEO/08 - Geochimica e Vulcanologia; Antarctic; Austral; Pacific; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10278/3687693; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.142

The present essay contributes to the existing literature on rare earth elements (REEs) in the southern hemisphere by presenting the first data, to our knowledge, on the vertical profiles of dissolved REEs in 71 samples collected in the central-western sector of the Ross Sea (Southern Ocean-SO). The...