Marine biogeochemical cycles : contributions of the aluminium concentration, and iron isotope tracers, coupled to a hydrodynamic approach

• Main Author: Artigue, Lise
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales (LEGOS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, François Lacan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Dissolved aluminum; Iron isotopes; EOMPA; Lagrangian experiment; Austral ocean; Subtropical North Atlantic ocean; GEOTRACES; KEOPS; GApr08; Aluminium dissous; Isotopes de fer; Expériences Lagrangiennes; Océan Austral; Océan Atlantique Nord subtropical; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Austral Ocean; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-03205714; https://theses.hal.science/tel-03205714/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-03205714/file/2020TOU30214b.pdf

The overall objective of this thesis is to further our understanding of ocean biogeochemical cycles (sources, internal cycles, sinks) using tracers present in seawater (the concentration of dissolved aluminium and the isotopic composition of dissolved iron) combined with hydrodynamic tools. Aluminum is used as a tracer from lithogenic sources to the ocean, while iron isotopes tell us about the iron cycle in the ocean. This thesis focuses first on the analysis of water masses of the 22ºN longitudinal section in the North Atlantic carried out in the framework of the GEOTRACES GApr08 campaign. This study combines for the first time an extended optimum multiparameter analysis (eOMPA) of water masses with an estimation of their Lagrangian trajectories from a hydrodynamic model. In addition, the dissolved aluminium (dAl) measurements carried out have made it possible to produce a first section of dAl at 22ºN and these same tools have enabled an advanced analysis. The joint use of the 1D model of surface dust advection-deposition and the eOMPA results highlighted the predominant processes associated with the measured dAl concentrations. (i) At the surface, both advection and deposition of atmospheric dust are essential to explain the observed dAl concentrations, although in the west, an additional external source is required. This source could come either from the Amazon River or from erosion in the Petites Antilles. (ii) Between 200 and 800m, in an area of strong atmospheric deposition (below the Saharan plume), high dAl concentrations result from oceanic transport. The net balance of dissolved-particle interactions, however, is a subtraction of dAl, probably by adsorption onto particles. (iii) Below 800 m, the effect of dissolved-particle interactions is reversed and reversible scavenging results in a net source of dAl. (iv) Below 3340 m, the Snakepit hydrothermal source is found to be a significant local source of dAl. Unlike aluminium, iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for primary production. This ...