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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1645-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1645-2021
Research article
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09 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 09 Mar 2021

Radium-228-derived ocean mixing and trace element inputs in the South Atlantic

Yu-Te Hsieh, Walter Geibert, E. Malcolm S. Woodward, Neil J. Wyatt, Maeve C. Lohan, Eric P. Achterberg, and Gideon M. Henderson

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The South Atlantic near 40° S is one of the high-productivity and most dynamic nutrient regions in the oceans, but the sources and fluxes of trace elements (TEs) to this region remain unclear. This study investigates seawater Ra-228 and provides important constraints on ocean mixing and dissolved TE fluxes to this region. Vertical mixing is a more important source than aeolian or shelf inputs in this region, but particulate or winter deep-mixing inputs may be required to balance the TE budgets.
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