Thorium isotopes in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean: Tracking scavenging during water mass mixing along neutral density surfaces
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| Date | 2019-07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Roy-Barman Matthieu1, Thil François1, Bordier Louise1, Dapoigny Arnaud1, Foliot Lorna1, Ayrault Sophie1, Lacan François2, Jeandel Catherine2, Pradoux Catherine2, Garcia-Solsona Ester2, 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE-IPSL (CEA CNRS UVSQ), Université Paris-Saclay, Orme des Merisiers - centre de Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France 2 : LEGOS (CNRS/CNES/IRD/Université de Toulouse), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 31400, Toulouse, France 3 : Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain |
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| Source | Deep-sea Research Part I-oceanographic Research Papers (0967-0637) (Elsevier BV), 2019-07 , Vol. 149 , P. 103042 (11p.) | ||||||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.dsr.2019.05.002 | ||||||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Thorium isotopes, Southern ocean, Atlantic, Marine particles, Isopycnal mixing | ||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The distributions of dissolved and particulate thorium isotopes (230Th and 232Th) were established in samples from the BONUS GoodHope (BGH) IPY-GEOTRACES cruise in the SE Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean (36°S-13°E to 57°S-0°, Feb.–Mar. 2008). The distribution of total (dissolved + particulate) 232Th is dominated by the inputs from continental margins. The non-linear profiles of dissolved 230Th are interpreted as due to the southward upwelling of the isopycnal surfaces. However, total 230Th and 232Th versus salinity plots illustrate departures from binary mixing and provides evidence for non-conservative behavior of both isotopes along the section. We propose a model for total 230Th and 232Th scavenging and mixing along isopycnal surfaces. We use this model to estimate particle settling speeds and isopycnal eddy diffusion coefficients along the BGH section. Data-model comparison suggests particle settling velocities in the range of 400–700 m/y and isopycnal eddy diffusivity of the order of 2000 m2/s. |
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