FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The behavior of Al, Mn, Ba, Sr, REE and Th isotopes during in vitro degradation of large marine particles BT AF ARRAES-MESCOFF, R ROY-BARMAN, M COPPOLA, L SOUHAUT, M TACHIKAWA, K JEANDEL, C SEMPERE, R YORO, C AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:1;7:2;8:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:; C1 LEGOS/UMR 5566, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France LMM, CNRS/INSU, Campus de Luminy, F13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France C2 LEGOS, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE IF 2.056 TC 50 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00300/41128/40316.pdf LA English DT Article CR EIMETO 4 BO Professeur Georges Petit DE ;marine particles;dissolution;trace elements;thorium isotopes;western Mediterranean Sea AB m) concentrations of Al, Sr, Ba, Mn, Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Th isotopes were determined over time. We obtain percentages of dissolution in agreement with the general knowledge about the solubility of these tracers: Th approximate to Al < Heavy REE < Light REE < Mn < Ba < Sr. For Mn and Ce, precipitation/adsorption occurs at the end of the experiment probably due to their oxidation as insoluble oxides. Particulate residence time of the tracers ranged from less than 1 day to 10-14 days. During the experiment, biological activity has a control on the dissolution process through the remineralization of particulate organic carbon, In the 30 m experiment, the observed dissolution of aragonite indicates that the pH of the incubation solution significantly decreases in response to the CO2 respiration. Speciation calculations suggest that this pH shift leads to a decrease of the complexation of dissolved REE by carbonate ions. Th isotope data are consistent with an irreversible dissolution of Th and they do not support a rapid particle-solution chemical equilibrium. PY 2001 PD JAN SO Marine Chemistry SN 0304-4203 PU Elsevier Science Bv VL 73 IS 1 UT 000166133300001 BP 1 EP 19 DI 10.1016/S0304-4203(00)00065-7 ID 41128 ER EF