Science

This section presents the GEOTRACES scientific activities.

 

Contrasting organic carbon  remineralisation rates revealed by particulate excess barium in the North Pacific and South China Sea

Yuan and co-workers quantify organic carbon remineralisation in the twilight zone of the China Sea using particulate excess barium as a proxy…

17.12.2025

Sedimentary controls on seawater nickel distributions and nickel isotope compositions: a two steps study

Nickel isotopic mass balance in the ocean stands among the less understood so far…

12.12.2025

23 million years of productivity reconstructed in the Central Pacific Ocean using past and modern proxies

Using diverse geochemical proxies, Chu and colleagues analysed an iron–manganese crust to reconstruct central Pacific productivity over the past 23 million years.

28.11.2025

Lead isotopes reveal that hydrothermal variability is driven by Sea‐Level change and transient magmatism

De and colleagues present the first millennial-scale reconstruction of hydrothermal variability at a mid-ocean ridge using lead isotopes from iron-manganese coatings…

27.11.2025

Long-range transport of iron via the Agulhas Current and counter-current: a boon for the phytoplankton

Authors establish that significant iron fertilisation via the Agulhas current explains the Indian Subantarctic blooms…

25.11.2025

Hydrothermal activity detected above the ultra-slow South West Indian Ridge, using a multi-proxy approach

Baudet and colleagues demonstrate the occurrence of hydrothermal venting on the Southwest Indian Ridge…

18.11.2025

To Ba or not to Ba: Evaluating water column excess particulate barium as a proxy for water column respiration

Rahman and co-workers examine the relationship between excess particulate barium and organic matter respiration in the water column…

14.11.2025

Assessment of the Solomon Sea’s dissolved iron contribution to the Equatorial Under Current

Sarthou and co-workers analysed 11 vertical profiles of dissolved iron at the entrance, within, and at the exit of the Solomon Sea…

13.11.2025

Major controls on the fate of dissolved manganese in the northeastern Indian Ocean

Malla and Singh investigated the key factors controlling dissolved manganese in the northeastern Indian Ocean…

06.11.2025

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