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| Bayon, Germain; Schefuss, Enno; Dupont, Lydie; Borges, Alberto V.; Dennielou, Bernard; Lambert, Thibault; Mollenhauer, Gesine; Monin, Laurence; Ponzevera, Emmanuel; Skonieczny, Charlotte; Andre, Luc. |
| There is increasing evidence that abrupt vegetation shifts and large-scale erosive phases occurred in Central Africa during the third millennium before present. Debate exists as to whether these events were caused by climate change and/or intensifying human activities related to the Bantu expansion. In this study, we report on a multi-proxy investigation of a sediment core (KZR-23) recovered from the Congo submarine canyon. Our aim was to reconstruct climate, erosion and vegetation patterns in the Congo Basin for the last 10,000 yrs, with a particular emphasis on the late Holocene period. Samples of modern riverine suspended particulates were also analyzed to characterize sediment source geochemical signatures from across the Congo watershed. We find that... |
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Palavras-chave: Neodymium isotopes; Suspended particulates; Congo Basin; ENSO; Human land-use; Deforestation. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00463/57467/59747.pdf |
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| Sutton, Jill N.; Andre, Luc; Cardinal, Damien; Conley, Daniel J.; De Souza, Gregory F.; Dean, Jonathan; Dodd, Justin; Ehlert, Claudia; Ellwood, Michael J.; Frings, Patrick J.; Grasse, Patricia; Hendry, Katharine; Leng, Melanie J.; Michalopoulos, Panagiotis; Panizzo, Virginia N.; Swann, George E. A.. |
| Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust and is an important nutrient in the ocean. The global Si cycle plays a critical role in regulating primary productivity and carbon cycling on the continents and in the oceans. Development of the analytical tools used to study the sources, sinks, and fluxes of the global Si cycle (e.g., elemental and stable isotope ratio data for Ge, Si, Zn, etc.) have recently led to major advances in our understanding of the mechanisms and processes that constrain the cycling of Si in the modern environment and in the past. Here, we provide background on the geochemical tools that are available for studying the Si cycle and highlight our current understanding of the marine, freshwater and terrestrial... |
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Palavras-chave: C - N - O - Si isotopes; Biogenic silica; Element/Si ratios; Biogeochemical cycles; Silicon. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00431/54217/55547.pdf |
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| Fripiat, Francois; Corvaisier, Rudolph; Navez, Jacques; Elskens, Marc; Schoemann, Veronique; Leblanc, Karine; Andre, Luc; Cardinal, Damien. |
| Regional and seasonal variability of the Si dissolution: production ratios in the surface ocean have not been well assessed. Here, we propose a new method for determining these rates, using the Si-30-isotopic dilution technique with a high-resolution sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (HR-SF-ICP-MS). Relative analytical precision of the isotopic measurement is better than 1%, similar to that obtained by thermal ionization-quadrupole mass spectrometry (TIMS). Accuracy and reproducibility of the isotopic measurements have been checked on artificial and natural solutions by intercomparison between two HR-SF-ICP-MS instruments and one TIMS. Measurements of real Si production and dissolution rates are illustrated for two contrasted... |
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Palavras-chave: Isotopic fractionation; Southern ocean; Acid uptake; Waters; Phytoplankton; Environments; Biosilica; Recovery; Balance; Tracer. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00205/31607/30033.pdf |
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| Lemaitre, Nolwenn; Planquette, Helene; Planchon, Frederic; Sarthou, Geraldine; Jacquet, Stephanie; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Gourain, Arthur; Cheize, Marie; Monin, Laurence; Andre, Luc; Laha, Priya; Terryn, Herman; Dehairs, Frank. |
| The remineralisation of sinking particles by prokaryotic heterotrophic activities is important for controlling oceanic carbon sequestration. Here, we report mesopelagic particulate organic carbon (POC) remineralisation fluxes in the North Atlantic along the GEOTRACES-GA01 section (GEOVIDE cruise; May–June 2014) using the particulate biogenic barium (excess barium; Baxs) proxy. Important mesopelagic (100–1000 m) Baxs differences were observed along the transect depending on the intensity of past blooms, the phytoplankton community structure and the physical forcing, including downwelling. The subpolar province was characterized by the highest mesopelagic Baxs content (up to 727 pmol L−1), which was attributed to an intense bloom averaging 6 mg Chl-a m−3... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00412/52308/53075.pdf |
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