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This international study investigates the abundance, biological evolution, and speciation of trace elements and isotopes in the Arctic and Southern Oceans. The research focuses on metals like Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ag, Cd, Hg, and Pb, and their impact on biogeochemical processes. The study aims to understand the essential and toxic roles of these elements in biological systems.
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International Polar Year An international study of biogeochemical cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes in the Arctic and Southern Oceans
Mn 9550 Fe 900000 Co 2250 Ni 49300 Cu 522 Zn 1260 Ag 0.49 Cd ? 1.61 Hg 0.34 Pb 315 Metals Abundance & Biological Evolution numbers of atoms versus 1 million Si atoms Biological Evolution used abundant metals: essential Low abundant metals no bio-functions: toxic De Baar & La Roche (2003)
deep ocean ultraclean sampling:new titanium frame in clean-air container European IRONAGES 2001-today development
GEOTRACES traction winch (Kley France) with 8000m kevlar cable (17 mm) with internal signal cables
Advantages Titan system • 3-4 fold more efficient station time than single GO-FLO on hydrowire • no carrying GO-FLO samplers • much faster turnaround sub-sampling • system on shipboard always in clean room • stations CTD data for physics • now building new prototype samplers • 18 Liter volume, • pharmaceutical industry quality plastics
GEOTRACES Test Station-2 Northeast Atlantic April 2007 RV Pelagia Five different hydrocasts at same position within 9 days
European IPY GEOTRACES aboard Polarstern coordinator: Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff (AWI) Pere Masque (Spain) 7Be, 210Pb, 210Po, Th, Pa, 137Cs, 240Pu , 129I Brad Moran (USA) Pa, Th PhD students (Netherlands) Fe; Maarten Klunder Al, Mn: Rob Middag Fe speciation/colloids: Charles-Edouard Thuroczy senior analist Patrick Laan and many other colleagues
Tracers being analysed/sampled during Polarstern ARK XXII-2 Trace elements: Fe, Mn, Al, (Cu, Cd, Ni, Zn, Ag) calibration versus SAFe standard seawater trace metal speciation, notably Fe Ba, U, Rare Earth Elements Radionuclides: natural 234Th, 230Th, 232Th, 231Pa, 210Pb, 210Po 227Ac, 228Ra, 226Ra, 224Ra, 223Ra anthropogenic: 99Tc, 240Pu/ 239Pu, 129I, 137Cs isotopic composition of Nd, Hf, Be, (Cd, Ca, Si?); 18O Other data: Nutrients (NIOZ) DIC (NIOZ or UPMC) POC/ BSi/ phytoplankton/ chlorophyll (program Hirche/Nöthig) DOM, fluorescence (program Amon) methane (program Damm) Fe from above or below ??? Al dust source tracer; Mn, Ac and Ra isotopes sediment source
IPY GEOTRACES Polarstern ARK XXII-2 High Arctic Ocean data Rob Middag
IPY GEOTRACES Polarstern ARK XXII-2 High Arctic Ocean Al data Rob Middag
IPY GEOTRACES Polarstern ARK XXII-2 High Arctic Ocean Mn data Rob Middag
Mn data Rob Middag Fe data Maarten Klunder, Patrick Laan Fe Mn IPY GEOTRACES Polarstern ARK XXII-2 High Arctic Ocean
Mn Mn data Rob Middag Fe data Maarten Klunder, Patrick Laan Fe Fe IPY GEOTRACES Polarstern ARK XXII-2 High Arctic Ocean
Mn Mn data Rob Middag Fe data Maarten Klunder, Patrick Laan Fe Mn Fe IPY GEOTRACES Polarstern ARK XXII-2 High Arctic Ocean
Antarctic IPY GEOTRACES BONUS/GoodHope French Geotraces ZERO & DRAKE Germany/NL Geotraces extended Indian Ocean section Japan Geotraces ATOS Spanish Geotraces Tasmania sector Australian Geotraces
BONUS ZERO & DRAKE ATOS ATOS Zoom in:Atlantic- AntArctic Basin ZERO & DRAKE Michiel van der Loeff Hein de Baar Aerosols with Alex Baker Zero meridian - long existing hydrography program (E. Fahrbach) - longest existing co-sampling of CFC’s and CO2 since AJAX 1984 (Rhein, Hoppema)
Fahrtroute ANT XXIV/3, Fahrtroute exactly under satellite trajectory
West Atlantic GEOTRACES Section 2009-2010 Shiptime and studentships proposal to Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) 2009: Iceland-Bermuda
West Atlantic GEOTRACES Section 2009-2010 Shiptime and studentships proposal to Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) 2009: Iceland-Bermuda 2009: Bermuda-Barbados
West Atlantic GEOTRACES Section 2009-2010 Shiptime and studentships proposal to Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) 2009: Iceland-Bermuda 2009: Bermuda-Barbados 2010: Barbados - Recife
West Atlantic GEOTRACES Section 2009-2010 Shiptime and studentships proposal to Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) 2009: Iceland-Bermuda 2009: Bermuda-Barbados 2010: Barbados - Recife 2010: Recife - BuenosAires
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