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The oceanic budgets of nickel and zinc isotopes: The importance of sulfdic environments as illustrated by the Black Sea

Vance, D; Little, SH; Archer, C; Cameron, V; Andersen, MB; Rijkenberg, MJA; Lyons, TW; (2016) The oceanic budgets of nickel and zinc isotopes: The importance of sulfdic environments as illustrated by the Black Sea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , 374 (2081) , Article 20150294. 10.1098/rsta.2015.0294. Green open access

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Abstract

Isotopic data collected to date as part of the GEOTRACES and other programmes show that the oceanic dissolved pool is isotopically heavy relative to the inputs for zinc (Zn) and nickel (Ni). All Zn sinks measured until recently, and the only output yet measured for Ni, are isotopically heavier than the dissolved pool. This would require either a non-steady-state ocean or other unidentified sinks. Recently, isotopically light Zn has been measured in organic carbon-rich sediments from productive upwelling margins, providing a potential resolution of this issue, at least for Zn. However, the origin of the isotopically light sedimentary Zn signal is uncertain. Cellular uptake of isotopically light Zn followed by transfer to sediment does not appear to be a quantitatively important process. Here, we present Zn and Ni isotope data for the water column and sediments of the Black Sea. These data demonstrate that isotopically light Zn and Ni are extracted from the water column, probably through an equilibrium fractionation between different dissolved species followed by sequestration of light Zn and Ni in sulfide species to particulates and the sediment. We suggest that a similar, non-quantitative, process, operating in porewaters, explains the Zn data from organic carbon-rich sediments. This article is part of the themed issue 'Biological and climatic impacts of ocean trace element chemistry'.

Type: Article
Title: The oceanic budgets of nickel and zinc isotopes: The importance of sulfdic environments as illustrated by the Black Sea
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0294
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0294
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Oceanic budget, snickel, isotopes, GEOTRACES, zinc, Black sea
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10077577
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