Dissolved barium and nutrients in the Southern Ocean: their potential use as tracers for the characterization of the different watermasses

• Main Authors: Dehairs, F.A., Goeyens, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Barium; Nutrients (mineral); Tracers; Water masses; PS; Southern Ocean; Amery; Amery Basin; Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Wild Canyon; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=199150

The location of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems, identified from surface water data for salinity and temperature during INDIGO 3, determines the surface water values for nitrate, silica and barium. For nitrate the strongest gradient coincides with the Subtropical Convergence (STC; 42°S). wit...