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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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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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