Silicate in marine sediments from the Emerland Basin, North Atlantic

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Autori principali: Andrews, Daniel, Hargrave, B T
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author Andrews, Daniel
Hargrave, B T
author_facet Andrews, Daniel
Hargrave, B T
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents A method was developed to measure porosity and dissolved interstitial silicate at millimeter intervals or less in a sediment core. In cores from Emerald Basin (Scotian Shelf), interstitial concentrations near the sediment surface did not drop rapidly to bottom-water concentrations as measured in bottle casts (28 µM) but remained as high as 166 µM in the upper 0.5 mm of sediment High rates of benthic silicate release were measured which could not be accounted for by interstitial concentration gradients or by ventilation of macro-invertebrate burrows. The silicate discontinuity observed between the sediments and water column suggests that a diffusive sublayer exists in a zone of viscous flow above the sediment surface. This is possible only if a surface reaction is primarily responsible for silicate release. By assuming a linear concentration gradient across this diffusive sublayer, the silicate release rates were used to estimate the thickness of the sublayer to be about 2 mm.
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spellingShingle Silicate in marine sediments from the Emerland Basin, North Atlantic
Andrews, Daniel
Hargrave, B T
Core; CORE; EmeraldBasin2-11; EmeraldBasin2-3; EmeraldBasin4-1; EmeraldBasin4-2; Silicon Cycling in the World Ocean; SINOPS
A method was developed to measure porosity and dissolved interstitial silicate at millimeter intervals or less in a sediment core. In cores from Emerald Basin (Scotian Shelf), interstitial concentrations near the sediment surface did not drop rapidly to bottom-water concentrations as measured in bottle casts (28 µM) but remained as high as 166 µM in the upper 0.5 mm of sediment High rates of benthic silicate release were measured which could not be accounted for by interstitial concentration gradients or by ventilation of macro-invertebrate burrows. The silicate discontinuity observed between the sediments and water column suggests that a diffusive sublayer exists in a zone of viscous flow above the sediment surface. This is possible only if a surface reaction is primarily responsible for silicate release. By assuming a linear concentration gradient across this diffusive sublayer, the silicate release rates were used to estimate the thickness of the sublayer to be about 2 mm.
title Silicate in marine sediments from the Emerland Basin, North Atlantic
topic Core; CORE; EmeraldBasin2-11; EmeraldBasin2-3; EmeraldBasin4-1; EmeraldBasin4-2; Silicon Cycling in the World Ocean; SINOPS
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.735060