June 2023 - Issue #57
GEOTRACES Science Highlights
Decoupling of barium and silicon at the Congo river-dominated Southeast Atlantic Margin: combined Barium and silicon isotope evidence
Zhang and co-authors conducted a comprehensive study to investigate the biogeochemical cycles of barium and silicon and their relationship...
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Special Focus

New video of the GEOTRACES Education channel!

Video 4: Iron, essential for life in the ocean
Iron plays a fundamental role in marine ecosystems… however, detecting it in the ocean is like finding someone in a crown of a hundred billion people… Find out how scientists measure it and why it is so important in the ocean.

Watch the YouTube video below or click here to watch it in Youku

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Thorium, a luminous element

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News
Forthcoming release of Intermediate Data Product 2021 version 2
It will be available on the 7th of July 2023.
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Do not miss GEOTRACES sessions and the RUSTED Town Hall at ASLO 2023!
Check the list in this post!
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Exciting GEOTRACES sessions at Goldschmidt 2023!
9-14 July 2023 in Lyon, France and online!
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GEOTRACES Informations

GEOTRACES Dates

Cruises:

29 June - 13 July 2023, STING Process Study (GApr18)Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

19 July - 8 August 2023, N-ARC (DY167) Process Study (GApr19), Arctic Ocean.

24 November - 2023 - 28 January 2024, GP17-ANT (NBP24-01) Section Cruise (GP17-ANT), Southern Ocean. 

 

Upcoming GEOTRACES or GEOTRACES-related events:

4-9 June 2023, ASLO 2023, Aquatic Science Meeting, Palma de Mallorca and online. View GEOTRACES Sessions

12-15 June 2023, OCB2023 Summer Workshop, Woods Hole, USA. 

15-16 June 2023, Hybrid MarChemSpec Tutorial at OCB2023, Woods Hole, USA and online.

9 July 2023, What can marine authigenic Nd isotopes be reliably used for?, full day hybrid pre-conference workshop at Goldschmidt 2023.

9-14 July 2023, Goldschmidt 2023, hybrid, Lyon (France) and online. View GEOTRACES sessions.

15-21 July 2023, 2023 Chemical Oceanography GRC/GRS, New Hampshire, USA

6-9 November 2023, International BioGeoSCAPES science planning workshop, Woods Hole USA and online.

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Job Opportunities

Check the GEOTRACES website to view the latest job opportunities posted including:

Post-doctoral fellowships opportunities in Israel
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NSF Accelnet to support a new BioGeoSCAPES Fellows Program
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Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for U.S. Citizens
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Latest Publications

-       Chen, M., Boyle, E. A., Jiang, S., Liu, Q., Zhang, J., Wang, X., & Zhou, K. (2023). Dissolved Lead (Pb) Concentrations and Pb Isotope Ratios Along the East China Sea and Kuroshio Transect—Evidence for Isopycnal Transport and Particle Exchange. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(2). doi:10.1029/2022jc019423

 

-       Creac’h, L., Noble, T. L., Chase, Z., Charlier, B. L. A., Townsend, A. T., Perez-Tribouillier, H., & Dietz, C. (2023). Unradiogenic reactive phase controls the εNd of authigenic phosphates in East Antarctic margin sediment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 344, 190–206. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.001

 

-       Janssen, D. J., Gilliard, D., Rickli, J., Nasemann, P., Koschinsky, A., Hassler, C. S., Bowie, A. R., Ellwood, M. J., Kleint, C., & Jaccard, S. L. (2023). Chromium stable isotope distributions in the southwest Pacific Ocean and constraints on hydrothermal input from the Kermadec Arc. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 342, 31–44. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.12.010

 

-      Jiang, S., & Zhang, J. (2023). An offline column extraction with Presep® PolyChelate resin and AG1‐X8 resin for the determination of the isotope compositions of low‐concentration lead in natural waters by the multi‐collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. doi:10.1002/lom3.10547

 

-       Matsuoka, K., Tatsuyama, T., Takano, S., & Sohrin, Y. (2023). Distribution of stable isotopes of Mo and W from a river to the ocean: signatures of anthropogenic pollution. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1182668

 

-       Samanta, S., Cloete, R., Dey, S. P., Barraqueta, J.-L. M., Loock, J. C., Meynecke, J.-O., de Bie, J., Vichi, M., & Roychoudhury, A. N. (2023). Exchange of Pb from Indian to Atlantic Ocean is driven by Agulhas current and atmospheric Pb input from South Africa. Scientific Reports, 13(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-023-32613-5

 

-     Yang, Y., Li, L., Ren, J., Jiang, S., & Zhang, J. (2023). Processes controlling the distributions and cycling of dissolved aluminum and manganese in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1128657

 

-     Yuan, J., Liu, Y., Chen, S., Peng, X., Li, Y.-F., Li, S., Zhang, R., Zheng, W., Chen, J., Sun, R., & Heimbürger-Boavida, L.-E. (2023). Mercury Isotopes in Deep-Sea Epibenthic Biota Suggest Limited Hg Transfer from Photosynthetic to Chemosynthetic Food Webs. Environmental Science; Technology, 57(16), 6550–6562. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c01276

 

-     Zhu, K., Achterberg, E. P., Bates, N. R., Gerringa, L. J. A., Middag, R., Hopwood, M. J., & Gledhill, M. (2023). Influence of Changes in pH and Temperature on the Distribution of Apparent Iron Solubility in the Oceans. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37(5). doi:10.1029/2022gb007617

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Section cruises completed: 50
Publications: 2175

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