Zheng and co-authors present the full-depth distributions of aluminum, lead, manganese and copper in the western South Pacific.
Nov / 24 / 2022
Aluminium
Dust deposition rates extracted from a data-assimilation model of the aluminium oceanic cycle
Xu and Weber developed a data-assimilation model of the aluminum oceanic cycle.
Jan / 28 / 2022
New impetus to the debate on the sources of dissolved aluminium to the ocean
This study challenges the paradigm that dissolved aluminium in the bottom waters of the Arctic basins could result from a top-down process.
Nov / 10 / 2021
Variable dissolution rates and fates of lithogenic tracers at the air-sea interface
Roy-Barman and co-authors established the dissolution rates from Saharan dust reaching Mediterranean seawater.
May / 04 / 2021
When lateral advective transport explains between 80 and 100% of the dissolved aluminium distribution
The results evidence that the effect of advection cannot be neglected in areas where a conjunction of significant horizontal dissolved aluminium gradients and significant horizontal currents is found.
About the decoupled fates of aluminium, manganese, cobalt and lead in the North Pacific Ocean
Did you know that each of these tracers could follow its own marine story, quite decoupled from the others?
Apr / 24 / 2019
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