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| Frings, Patrick J.; Clymans, Wim; Fontorbe, Guillaume; De La Rocha, Christina L.; Conley, Daniel J.. |
| The silicon isotope composition of biogenic silica (delta Si-30(BSi)) in the ocean is a function of the delta Si-30 of the available dissolved Si (DSi; H2SiO4), the degree of utilisation of the available DSi, and, for some organisms, the concentration of DSi. This makes delta Si-30(BSi) in sediment archives a promising proxy for past DSi concentrations and utilisation. At steady-state, mean delta Si-30(BSi) must equal a weighted average of the inputs, the majority of which are of continental origin. Variation in the functioning of the continental Si cycle on timescales similar to the residence time of DSi in the ocean (similar to 10 ka) may therefore contribute to downcore variability in delta Si-30(BSi) on millennial or longer time-scales. The direction... |
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Palavras-chave: Global silicon cycle; Biogenic silica; Silicon isotopes; LGM; Palaeoceanography; Biogeochemical cycling. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00421/53252/54714.pdf |
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