The neodymium isotope fingerprint of Adelie Coast Bottom Water

Adlie Land Bottom Water (ALBW), a variety of Antarctic Bottom Water formed off the Adlie Land coast of East Antarctica, ventilates the abyssal layers of the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean as well as the eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans. We present the first dissolved neodymium (Nd) isotope...

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Lambelet, M, van de Flierdt, T, Butler, ECV, Bowie, AR, Rintoul, SR, Watson, RJ, Remenyi, T, Lannuzel, D, Warner, M, Robinson, LF, Bostock, HC, Bradtmiller, LI
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2018
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Weddell Sea
East Antarctica
Ross Sea
Pacific
Indian
Weddell
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080074
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/129928
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Summary:Adlie Land Bottom Water (ALBW), a variety of Antarctic Bottom Water formed off the Adlie Land coast of East Antarctica, ventilates the abyssal layers of the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean as well as the eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans. We present the first dissolved neodymium (Nd) isotope and concentration measurements for ALBW. The summertime signature of ALBW is characterized by ε Nd =−8.9, distinct from Ross Sea Bottom Water, and similar to Weddell Sea Bottom Water. Adlie Land Shelf Water, the precursor water mass for wintertime ALBW, features the least radiogenic Nd fingerprint observed around Antarctica to date (ε Nd =−9.9). Local geology around Antarctica is important in setting the chemical signature of individual varieties of Antarctic Bottom Water, evident from the shelf water signature, which should be considered in the absence of direct wintertime observations.

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