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author Behrens, Melanie K
Pahnke, Katharina
Paffrath, Ronja
Schnetger, Bernhard
Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen
author_facet Behrens, Melanie K
Pahnke, Katharina
Paffrath, Ronja
Schnetger, Bernhard
Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Recent studies suggest that transport and water mass mixing may play a dominant role in controlling the distribution of dissolved rare earth element concentrations ([REE]) at least in parts of the North and South Atlantic and the Pacific Southern Ocean. Here we report vertically and spatially high-resolution profiles of dissolved REE concentrations ([REE]) along a NW-SE transect in the West Pacific and examine the processes affecting the [REE] distributions in this area. Surface water REE patterns reveal sources of trace element (TE) input near South Korea and in the tropical equatorial West Pacific. Positive europium anomalies and middle REE enrichments in surface and subsurface waters are indicative of TE input from volcanic islands and fingerprint in detail small-scale equatorial zonal eastward transport of TEs to the iron-limited tropical East Pacific. The low [REE] of North and South Pacific Tropical Waters and Antarctic Intermediate Water are a long-range (i.e., preformed) laterally advected signal, whereas increasing [REE] with depth within North Pacific Intermediate Water result from release from particles. Optimum multiparameter analysis of deep to bottom waters indicates a dominant control of lateral transport and mixing on [REE] at the depth of Lower Circumpolar Deep Water (?3000 m water depth; ~75-100% explained by water mass mixing), allowing the northward tracing of LCDW to ~28°N in the Northwest Pacific. In contrast, scavenging in the hydrothermal plumes of the Lau Basin and Tonga-Fiji area at 1500-2000 m water depth leads to [REE] deficits (~40-60% removal) and marked REE fractionation in the tropical West Pacific. Overall, our data provide evidence for active trace element input both near South Korea and Papua New Guinea, and for a strong lateral transport component in the distribution of dissolved REEs in large parts of the West Pacific.
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spellingShingle (Table S3) Dissolved REE concentrations, PAAS-normalized Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*)N, Yb/Er ratios (Yb/Er)N and HREE/LREE ratios (HREE/LREE)N for seawater samples
Behrens, Melanie K
Pahnke, Katharina
Paffrath, Ronja
Schnetger, Bernhard
Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; Cerium, dissolved; Coefficient of variation; CTD/Rosette; CTD-RO; DEPTH, water; Dysprosium, dissolved; Elevation of event; Erbium, dissolved; Europium, dissolved; Europium anomaly; Event label; Gadolinium, dissolved; GeoB17001-1; GeoB17002-1; GeoB17003-1; GeoB17004-1; GeoB17005-1; GeoB17011-1; GeoB17014-1; GeoB17015-1; GeoB17016-1; GeoB17017-1; GeoB17018-1; GeoB17019-1; Holmium, dissolved; Lanthanum, dissolved; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Lutetium, dissolved; MARUM; Neodymium, dissolved; Praseodymium, dissolved; Ratio; Samarium, dissolved; Sample ID; SO223T; Sonne; Terbium, dissolved; Thulium, dissolved; TransGeoBioOc; Yttrium, dissolved
Recent studies suggest that transport and water mass mixing may play a dominant role in controlling the distribution of dissolved rare earth element concentrations ([REE]) at least in parts of the North and South Atlantic and the Pacific Southern Ocean. Here we report vertically and spatially high-resolution profiles of dissolved REE concentrations ([REE]) along a NW-SE transect in the West Pacific and examine the processes affecting the [REE] distributions in this area. Surface water REE patterns reveal sources of trace element (TE) input near South Korea and in the tropical equatorial West Pacific. Positive europium anomalies and middle REE enrichments in surface and subsurface waters are indicative of TE input from volcanic islands and fingerprint in detail small-scale equatorial zonal eastward transport of TEs to the iron-limited tropical East Pacific. The low [REE] of North and South Pacific Tropical Waters and Antarctic Intermediate Water are a long-range (i.e., preformed) laterally advected signal, whereas increasing [REE] with depth within North Pacific Intermediate Water result from release from particles. Optimum multiparameter analysis of deep to bottom waters indicates a dominant control of lateral transport and mixing on [REE] at the depth of Lower Circumpolar Deep Water (?3000 m water depth; ~75-100% explained by water mass mixing), allowing the northward tracing of LCDW to ~28°N in the Northwest Pacific. In contrast, scavenging in the hydrothermal plumes of the Lau Basin and Tonga-Fiji area at 1500-2000 m water depth leads to [REE] deficits (~40-60% removal) and marked REE fractionation in the tropical West Pacific. Overall, our data provide evidence for active trace element input both near South Korea and Papua New Guinea, and for a strong lateral transport component in the distribution of dissolved REEs in large parts of the West Pacific.
title (Table S3) Dissolved REE concentrations, PAAS-normalized Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*)N, Yb/Er ratios (Yb/Er)N and HREE/LREE ratios (HREE/LREE)N for seawater samples
topic Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; Cerium, dissolved; Coefficient of variation; CTD/Rosette; CTD-RO; DEPTH, water; Dysprosium, dissolved; Elevation of event; Erbium, dissolved; Europium, dissolved; Europium anomaly; Event label; Gadolinium, dissolved; GeoB17001-1; GeoB17002-1; GeoB17003-1; GeoB17004-1; GeoB17005-1; GeoB17011-1; GeoB17014-1; GeoB17015-1; GeoB17016-1; GeoB17017-1; GeoB17018-1; GeoB17019-1; Holmium, dissolved; Lanthanum, dissolved; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Lutetium, dissolved; MARUM; Neodymium, dissolved; Praseodymium, dissolved; Ratio; Samarium, dissolved; Sample ID; SO223T; Sonne; Terbium, dissolved; Thulium, dissolved; TransGeoBioOc; Yttrium, dissolved
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871176