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Neodymium budget in the Mediterranean Sea: evaluating the role of atmospheric dusts using a high-resolution dynamical-biogeochemical model
Mohamed Ayache
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS- Université Paris Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Jean-Claude Dutay
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS- Université Paris Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Kazuyo Tachikawa
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, 13545, Aix-en-Provence, France
Thomas Arsouze
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Catherine Jeandel
LEGOS, University of Toulouse, CNRS, CNES, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, 31400, France
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The neodymium (Nd) is one of the most useful tracers to fingerprint water mass provenance. However, the use of Nd is hampered by the lack of adequate quantification of the external sources. Here, we present the first simulation of dissolved Nd concentration and Nd isotopic composition in the Mediterranean Sea using a high-resolution model. We aim to better understand how the various external sources affect the Nd cycle and particularly assess how it is impacted by atmospheric inputs.
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