Did you know that each of these tracers could follow its own marine story, quite decoupled from the others? This is what is shown and discussed by Zheng and co-workers […]
Apr / 24 / 2019
Aluminium
Metal contents of North Atlantic phytoplankton across environmental gradients
Twining and co-workers (2015, see reference below) provide the first direct measurements of metal quotas in phytoplankton from across the North Atlantic Ocean (US GEOTRACES GA03), known to be subjected […]
Nov / 25 / 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 […]
Oct / 06 / 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 […]
Oct / 01 / 2015
Overview of the dissolved iron, manganese and aluminium distributions along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA03 section
Three trace elements distributions (iron, manganese and aluminium) help to constrain the sources of chemical elements in the North Atlantic Ocean. Atmospheric, Mediterranean Sea and margin inputs are confirmed while […]
Sep / 22 / 2014
A new model of the oceanic aluminium distribution
Taking into account most of the parameters that govern any trace element’s oceanic behaviour is a challenge, given their number and complexity. Marco van Hulten and co-workers (2014, see reference […]
Aug / 26 / 2014
Results from the first US-GEOTRACES cruise in the North Atlantic
Results from the first US-GEOTRACES cruise in the North Atlantic are coming out! Andrew Wozniak and co-authors show that aerosols from European-influenced air masses (combustion influenced) have higher relative iron (Fe) […]
Oct / 28 / 2013