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| Baronas, J. Jotautas; Torres, Mark A.; West, A. Joshua; Rouxel, Olivier; Georg, Bastian; Bouchez, Julien; Gaillardet, Jerome; Hammond, Douglas E.. |
| Solutes derived from the dissolution of silicate minerals play a key role in Earth’s climate via the carbon and other biogeochemical cycles. Silicon (Si) is a unique constituent of silicate minerals and a biologically important nutrient, so tracing its behavior in near-surface environments may provide important insights into weathering processes. However, Si released by weathering is variably incorporated into secondary mineral phases and biota, obscuring signals derived from primary weathering processes. Due to chemical similarities, Germanium (Ge) may help better understand the Si cycle and its relationship to chemical weathering. With this aim, we report new measurements of the concentration and isotopic composition of Ge for both the dissolved and... |
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Palavras-chave: Germanium; Silicon; Isotopes; Rivers; Weathering; Fractionation. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00460/57196/59370.pdf |
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| Bouchez, Julien; Gaillardet, Jerome; France-lanord, Christian; Maurice, Laurence; Dutra-maia, Poliana. |
| Residual solid products of erosion display a wide range of size, density, shape, mineralogy, and chemical composition and are hydrodynamically sorted in large river channels during their transport. We characterize the chemical and isotopic variability of river sediments of the Amazon Basin, collected at different water depths, as a function of grain size. Absolute chemical concentrations and Sr and Nd isotopic ratios greatly varies along channel depth. The Al/Si ratio, tightly linked to grain size distribution, systematically decreases with depth, mostly reflecting dilution by quartz minerals. A double-normalization diagram is proposed to correct from dilution effects. Elements define fan-shaped patterns and can be classified in three different groups with... |
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Palavras-chave: Amazon River; Suspended sediments; Hydrodynamic sorting; Depth profiles; Grain size. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00214/32562/31016.pdf |
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