Science Highlights

Some recent GEOTRACES science findings are reported below.

New insights into global barium cycling from the first barium isotope data for seawater

A new method developed by Horner and co-workers (2015, see reference below) allows for the determination of dissolved barium (Ba) isotopic compositions in seawater using nanogram quantities of Ba. The […]

16.11.2015

Large fluxes of dissolved aluminium exported from the coast to the ocean

In the Eastern China Sea (ECS), the continental shelf serves as an important source of dissolved aluminium (DAl) for the overlaying waters via resuspension of sediments and benthic fluxes. This […]

06.10.2015

Multiple controls on the dissolved aluminium fate in the Western Atlantic Ocean

Thanks to the most impressive set of dissolved aluminium (Al) and silicon (Si) data ever published in the Atlantic Ocean, Middag and co-workers (2015, see reference below) are thoroughly scanning […]

01.10.2015

Do you know that coastal phytoplankton is able to adapt to iron limitation?

Oceanographers have long understood that phytoplankton in the open ocean tend to have lower iron (Fe) requirements and/or more strategies for obtaining Fe from the environment. Adding a new twist […]

Decoupling between dissolved zinc and silicon in the North Atlantic Ocean driven by mixing of end-members

Roshan and Wu (2015, see reference below) reveal that the correlation between dissolved zinc (Zn) and silicon (Si) is relatively weak in the North Atlantic Ocean (GA03 US section). They […]

22.09.2015

Changing the cadmium : phosphorus paradigm?

The well-established strong linear relationship linking dissolved cadmium (Cd) and phosphorus (P) concentrations in seawater is at the origin of the attraction of Cd as a proxy for PO4 in […]

21.09.2015

Nitrate isotope distributions on the US GEOTRACES North Atlantic cross-basin section

The distribution of the δ15N and the δ18O in the U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic zonal transect (GA03 section) provides an insight on the interaction between aspects of the circulation of […]

18.09.2015

Dissolved gallium in the Beaufort Sea: a promising conservative water mass tracer

Mc Allister and Orians (2015, see reference below) present the first dissolved Ga (DGa) data ever reported in the Arctic. DGa behaves very conservatively, helping to constrain the mixing of […]

24.08.2015

Unexpected magnitude of the hydrothermal iron inputs in the deep Pacific

Data from the US GEOTRACES Eastern Pacific Zonal Transect (EPZT, GP16) demonstrate that lateral transport of hydrothermal iron, manganese and aluminium extends up to 4000 km west of the southern […]

09.07.2015

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