2015
Barium-isotopic fractionation in seawater mediated by barite cycling and oceanic circulation
Abstract: Highlights• First full seawater depth profile of co-located [Ba]-δ 138/134 Ba NIST• Origin of Ba-isotopic variations are best explained by barite cycling• Regional circulation strongly influences depth structure of δ 138/134 Ba NIST• Data establish a baseline of Ba-isotopic variability in the marine realm Keywords: barium; isotopic fractionation; barite; seawater; biogeochemistry AbstractThe marine biogeochemical cycle of Ba is thought to be controlled by particulate BaSO 4 (barite) precipitation associated wi…
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“…Using Δ 138/134 Ba XS−diss. = −0.41 ± 0.09‰ (this study), Archean barites from the Dresser Formation imply a dissolved Ba source with δ 138/134 Ba NIST = +0.37 ± 0.09‰, similar to the range reported for modern seawater 31 – 33 , and considerably offset with respect to igneous rock standards (data are for AGV-1, G-2, BHVO-1, QLO-1, BIR-1, JG-1a, JB-1a, JR-1, and JA-1 36 ). Values for NBS-127, a barite standard reference material commonly used for S- and O-isotopic normalization, were determined as δ 138/134 Ba NIST = −0.27 ± 0.02‰ (±2 SD, n = 4), which we report here as a reference value for future studies.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Using Δ 138/134 Ba XS−diss. = −0.41 ± 0.09‰ (this study), Archean barites from the Dresser Formation imply a dissolved Ba source with δ 138/134 Ba NIST = +0.37 ± 0.09‰, similar to the range reported for modern seawater 31 – 33 , and considerably offset with respect to igneous rock standards (data are for AGV-1, G-2, BHVO-1, QLO-1, BIR-1, JG-1a, JB-1a, JR-1, and JA-1 36 ). Values for NBS-127, a barite standard reference material commonly used for S- and O-isotopic normalization, were determined as δ 138/134 Ba NIST = −0.27 ± 0.02‰ (±2 SD, n = 4), which we report here as a reference value for future studies.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 85%
“…One naturally grown tropical coral from Florida (A. agaricites) exhibits a d 137/134 Ba value significantly higher than that of Mediterranean surface water, suggesting heterogeneous Ba isotope compositions of surface seawaters, which is consistent with recently published data by Horner et al (2015) and Cao et al (2016). While the Ba isotope system is still in its infancy, these findings provide support to the use of coral Ba isotopes as a palaeo-proxy for water masses and the productivity related isotope composition they carried.…”
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confidence: 88%
“…The [Ba] and d 138/134 Ba data from this study are consistent with those from previous studies. For example, they are similar to those of Horner et al (2015) in the east basin of the South Atlantic (Fig. 2) and [Ba] is in good agreement with GEOSECS data (Fig.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 81%
