THE SEDIMENTATION-RATES OF TRACE-ELEMENTS IN THE SARGASSO SEA MEASURED BY SEDIMENT TRAP

abstract

• The sedimentation rates of aluminium, cadmium, copper, iron manganese, nickel, phosphorus, lead, vanadium, and zinc in the Sargasso Sea have been determined from samples collected in a sediment trap 3200 m below the ocean surface. The fluxes are temporally variable, being driven by the seasonal cycle of primary production in the surface waters. There is evidence to suggest anthropogenic perturbation of the copper, lead, and zinc fluxes. The measured fluxes imply short (>150 day) lifetimes of particulate trace elements in the surface layers. 1984.

authors

• Knap, Anthony

published proceedings

• DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART A-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

author list (cited authors)

• JICKELLS, T. D., DEUSER, W. G., & KNAP, A. H.

citation count

• 84

complete list of authors

• JICKELLS, TD||DEUSER, WG||KNAP, AH

publication date

• October 1984

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Deep-sea research. Part A, Oceanographic research papers  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0198-0149(84)90056-6

start page

• 1169

end page

• 1178

volume

• 31

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(84)90056-6