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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5447-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5447-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Modeling the marine chromium cycle: new constraints on global-scale processes
Frerk Pöppelmeier
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of
Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
David J. Janssen
Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Samuel L. Jaccard
Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne,
Switzerland
Thomas F. Stocker
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of
Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
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- Fractionation of iron and chromium isotopes in hydrothermal plumes from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge W. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118468
- Controls on the distribution of dissolved Cr in the upper water column of the Atlantic Basin D. Gilliard et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.10.017
- Progressive change of the water column, pore water and sediment chromium isotope composition at the Rainbow hydrothermal vent field, North Atlantic Ocean D. Gilliard et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2026.05.005
- Heavy metals contamination in coastal ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bay of Bengal: Ecological and health risks assessment and bioindicator potential of Padina gymnospora S. Shuvo & A. Alam https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2026.104993
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- Chromium, tungsten and vanadium sediment-porewater geochemistry under oxic and anoxic redox conditions: Implication for their remobilization L. Bian et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178036
- Seasonal variability in trace metal deposition and total organic carbon fluxes on a productive South Atlantic western continental margin A. de Oliveira Pires et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181857
- Chromium isotope fractionation in the redox-stratified Chesapeake Bay D. Mallick et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106671
- Stable chromium isotope compositions of hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts potentially linked to primary productivity X. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121613
- Simulating marine neodymium isotope distributions using Nd v1.0 coupled to the ocean component of the FAMOUS–MOSES1 climate model: sensitivities to reversible scavenging efficiency and benthic source distributions S. Robinson et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1231-2023
- Geochemical conditions regulating chromium preservation in marine sediments S. Bruggmann et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.03.003
- Macrofaunal contributions to benthic nutrient fluxes revealed by radium disequilibrium I. Cooper et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70033
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Short summary
Chromium (Cr) is a redox-sensitive element that holds promise as a tracer of ocean oxygenation and biological activity. We here implemented the oxidation states Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in the Bern3D model to investigate the processes that shape the global Cr distribution. We find a Cr ocean residence time of 5–8 kyr and that the benthic source dominates the tracer budget. Further, regional model–data mismatches suggest strong Cr removal in oxygen minimum zones and a spatially variable benthic source.
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