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Deep-sea nodules from the Southeast Pacific (northern sector of the Nazca Plate) have been studied regarding their metal content, shapes, and sedimentary environment. The area investigated lies in the southern boundary region of the equatorial zone of high biological productivity. The nodules accumulate by two different growth processes: (1) early diagenetic growth by supply from pore water and (2) hydrogenetic growth by supply from near-bottom sea-water. These growth processes lead to different genetic types of nodules. Considering the MnFe ratio, the examined basin can clearly be divided in three ferromanganese facies. The MnFe quotient increases generally from south to north, whereas Ni and Cu concentrations show a distinct maximum in the mid facies at a MnFe ratio of about 5. Computing the correlation of MnFe quotient versus (Ni+Cu), hyperbolic regressions show the best coefficients of correlation and separate the quantity of nodules in two groups. The ascending and the descending hyperbola represent two geochemical ranges which are controlled by different accumulation mechanisms.  相似文献   

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A degradation-mixing model has been developed to aid in the interpretation of geochemical processes occurring in sewage-contaminated marine sediment near San Pedro, California. The nitrogen isotope ratio (1514N) is shown to be an effective tracer of sewage discharge-on the San Pedro Shelf. Isotopic fractionation of 15N14N during release of amino compounds or ammonia (as a consequence of bacterial degradation of organic detritus) appears to be negligible. The nitrogen isotope ratio, therefore, may be considered a conservative component for tracing the source of organic matter deposited in marine sediment.Uranium enrichment from seawater is shown not to occur in the highly reducing sewage-contaminated sediments. The content of uranium in the effluent particulates (18 ppm) is large compared with the content in the uncontaminated sediment (3 to 5 ppm). This allows the content of uranium to also be used as a tool for tracing the deposition of sewage particles in marine sediment. Uranium and nitrogen are shown to be incorporated in the organic fraction of sewage effluent and are released during bacterial degradation of the organic matter. Cadmium and sulphur are shown not to be mobilised during sewage deposition and degradation. The stable isotope ratio of sulphur (34S32S) is used to demonstrate that sulphur enrichment occurs in the sediment by in situ reduction of seawater sulphate. The data summarised by Morel et al. (1975) are presented and discussed in accordance with the above model.  相似文献   

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The addition of various concentrations (1, 10 and 20 mM) of Group VI anions to sediment slurry resulted in inhibition of the rate of sulphate reduction at the two higher concentrations, the degree of inhibition being in the order of molyb-date (MoO4=)>selenate(SeO4=)>tungstate(WO4=). The addition of 20 mM concentrations of these inhibitors almost entirely eliminated sulphate reduction. Doubling the sulphate concentration while using the highest concentration of inhibitors (20 mM) led to the re-establishment of some sulphate reduction in the SeO4= and WO4= treated slurries whereas no such reversal was noticed with MoO4=. These observations suggested that SeO4= and WO4= are competitive inhibitors of sulphate reduction, while MoO4= is a non-competitive inhibitor.  相似文献   

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The daily concentrations of NH4+, NO3?, and NO3? + NO2? within the North Inlet system are all negatively associated with tidal stage during the late summer, this association breaking down during the winter. The high concentrations of these constituents during low tide coupled with the lack of streamflow during the late summer suggests that there is an internal source for these species. Ammonium and orthophosphate most likely have their source in sediment diffusion from tidal creek sediments and/or seepage from the vegetated marsh surface during tidal exposure. It is hypothesized that high nitrate plus nitrite values at low tide are caused by nitrification within the tidal water or tidal creek sediments. During the summer there is evidence for a source of dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorus within the North Inlet system, probably via diffusion from creek sediments. In general the main source of dissolved organic nitrogen is via stream-flow from the adjacent watershed. Particulate nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations are a function of: (1) wind and rain events which cause resuspension of particulate material from the tidal creek banks, (2) rain events which scour the marsh surface during tidal exposure, and (3) high tidal velocities which scour the creek bottoms.  相似文献   

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Organic matter in four Quaternary sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico and one core from the Washington State coast have been analyzed for lignin and stable carbon isotope compositions. Holocene sequences of all five cores contain organic matter with high relative abundances of 13C (δ13C = ?19.0 to ?22.5% versus PDB) and low lignin concentrations, both of which are consistent with a marine origin. Distinctly lower 13C concentrations (δ13C = ?24.0 to ?25.5%) occur in underlying glacial-age sequences from four of the five cores, including the core from the Washington coast where such trends are previously unreported. Although the carbon isotopic compositions of these Pleistocene sediments are typical of predominantly land-derived organic matter, they contain only about 5% of the lignin found in modern sediments of similar δ13C from adjacent continental shelves. The lignin-poor organic matter in the glacial-age deposits appears to be either marine-derived or terrigenous material that likely was depleted in vascular plant debris at the time of deposition.  相似文献   

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Equilibrium constants for copper(II)-carbonate and -bicarbonate species have been determined at 25°C from consideration of malachite, Cu2(OH)2CO3(s), solubility in UV-photo-oxidized perchlorate solutions of 0.72 m ionic strength. The ratios of total dissolved copper, T(Cu), to free copper(II) ion, [Cu 2+], in 30 malachite saturated experimental solutions of 1–10 × 10?3eq kg?1 H2O initial total alkalinity (TAi in the pH range 5.0–9.3 were fitted to a copper(II)-ion speciation model. The experimental data indicate the existence of CuCO3+, CuHCO3+ and Cu(OH)CO3? in addition to the hydrolys and Cu(OH)CO3? in addition to the hydrolysis products in the range of conditions defined by this study. The stoichiometric equilibrium constants, applicable to seawater at 0.72 m ionic strength, 25°C and 1 atm are
βCuCO3=[CuCO03][Cu2+][CO2?3]=(1.59±0.03)×106
βCuHCO3=[CuHCO+3][Cu2+][HCO?3]=(2.3±0.3)×102
1βCu(OH)CO3=[Cu(OH)CO?3H[Cu2+][CO2?3]=(7.6±0.3)×10?4
A speciation model employing the equilibrium constants determined in this study and copper(II) hydrolysis constants from previous work suggests that the inorganic speciation in seawater (pH = 8.2, TA = 2.3 meq kg ?1, 25°C) is dominated by the CuCO30 complex (82%) and that only 2.9% of the total inorganic copper exists as the free copper(II) ion. Hydrolysis products, CuOH+ and Cu(OH)20, account for 6.5% while CuHCO3+ and Cu(OH)CO3? species comprise 1.0 and 6.3% of the total inorganic copper, respectively.  相似文献   

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Iron solubility equilibria were investigated in seawater at 36.22‰ salinity and 25°C using several filtration and dialysis techniques. In simple filtration experiments with 0.05 μm filters and Millipore ultra-filters, ferric chlorides fluorides, sulfates, and FeOH2+ species were found to be insignificant relative to Fe(OH)2+ at p[H+] = ?log [H+] greater than 6.0. Hydrous ferric oxide freshly precipitated from seawater yielded a solubility product of 1Kso = [Fe3+][H+]?3 = 4.7 · 105. Solubility studies based on the rates of dialysis of various seawater solutions and on the filtration of acidified seawater solutions indicated the existence of the Fe(OH)30 species. The formation constant for this species can be calculated as 1β3 = [Fe(OH)30] [H+]3/[Fe3+] = 2.4 · 10?14. The Fe(OH)4? species is present at concentrations which are negligible compared to Fe(OH)2+ and Fe(OH)30 in the normal pH range of seawater. However, there is at least one other significant ferric complex in seawater above p[H+] = 8.0 (possibly with bicarbonate, carbonate, or borate ions) in addition to the Fe(OH)2+ and Fe(OH)30 species.  相似文献   

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Vertical measurements of NH4+, NO3? and N2O concentrations, NO3? and NH4+ uptake, and NH4+ oxidation rates were measured at 5 sites in western Cook Strait, New Zealand, between 31 March and 3 April 1983. Nitrate increased with depth at all stations reaching a maximum of 10.5 μg-atom NO3?N l?1 at the most strongly stratified station whereas NH4+ was relatively constant with depth at all stations (~0.1 μg-atom NH4+N l?1). The highest rates of NH4+ oxidation generally occurred in the near surface waters and decreased with depth. N2O levels were near saturation with respect to the air above the sea surface and showed no obvious changes during 24 h incubation. NH4+ oxidation by nitrifying bacteria may account for about 30% of the total NH4+ utilization (i.e. bacterial+agal) and, assuming oxidation through to NO3?, may supply about 40% of the algal requirements of NO3? in the study area. These results suggest that bacterial nitrification is of potential importance to the nitrogen dynamics of the western Cook Strait, particularly with respect to the nitrogen demands of the phytoplankton.  相似文献   

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Laboratory investigations were conducted on the formation of NaF° ion-pairs at the ionic strength of seawater using specific ion electrodes. Sodium and fluoride ion electrodes produced results which are consistent with the ion-pairing model for these ionic interactions. The stoichiometric association constant for NaF°, K1NaF, was determined at 15, 25, and 35°C. It was assumed that K1NaF was a function of temperature, pressure, and ionic strength but not of solution composition. The value for K1NaF at 25°C and I = 0.7 m is 0.045 ± 0.006. K1NaF increased with decreasing temperature. This result was used to recompute values of K1MgF and K1CaF accounting for the presence of NaF° ion-pairs. The value for K1NaF indicates that 1.1% of the fluoride in seawater is ion-paired with sodium at 25°C and 35‰ salinity. This fraction increases to approximately 2% at the lower temperatures found in the deep ocean. The percentage of free fluoride in natural seawater was measured at 15, 25, and 35°C to verify the speciation calculated from equilibrium constants.  相似文献   

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An investigation of ferric ion complexing has been conducted in synthetic media and seawater at 25°C. Formation constants were potentiometrically determined for the species FeCl2+, FeCl2+, FeOH2+, and Fe(OH)2+ at an ionic strength of 0.68 m. Formation constants for the ferric chloride complexes were determined as Clβ1 = 2.76 and Clβ2 = 0.44. In a study of the reaction Fe3+ + nH2O ? Fe(OH)n(3?n)+ + nH+ in NaClO4, NaNO3 and NaCl the formation constants 1β1and1β2 were shown to be relatively independent of medium when the effects of nitrate and chloride complexing were taken into account. The average values obtained for these constants are 1β1 = 1.93 · 10?3and1β2 = 8.6 · 10?8. Reasonable agreement with these values was obtained when these constants were determined in seawater by accounting for the effects of chloride, fluoride and sulfate complexing.  相似文献   

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An 8.5 m long apparently undisturbed core from a hilltop on the crest of the East Pacific Rise has uranium and thorium isotope distributions that are very unusual. The core is very poor in 232Th, and very rich in U, particularly at the 500-cm level, where a value of about 150 ppm is reached. At the same depth the 230Thxs reaches very large negative values. These facts could be accounted for if one assumes that solutions rich in U and poor in Th had been postdepositionally injected into the sediments about 90,000–110,000 years ago. The top of the sediment received much of its U from seawater, judging from the 234U238U ratio. Possibly carbonate rich solutions were the carriers of the injected uranium.  相似文献   

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The uptake of urea, nitrate and ammonium by phytoplankton was measured using 15N isotopes over a one-year period in Great South Bay, a shallow coastal lagoon. The bay is a unique environment for the study of nutrient uptake since ambient concentrations of NO3?NH4+ and urea remain relatively high through the year, and phytoplankton are probably never nutrient limited. Urea nitrogen averaged 52% of the total assimilated, while ammonium represented 33% and nitrate 13%. High rates of ammonium uptake occurred only at low urea concentrations (ca< 1-μg-atom urea l?1). Over the sampling period urea was present in relatively high concentrations, averaging 5·35 μg-atom N l?1, while means for ammonium and nitrate averaged 1·94 and 0·65 μg-atom N l?1, respectively. Total N uptake measured with 15N averaged about 3·3 times the calculated (from elemental ratios and 14C productivity measurements) N needs of the phytoplankton population. Highest nitrogen uptake occurred in the summer and coincided with the primary production maximum.  相似文献   

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The concentrations of Ni, Mn, Cr, Cu, Co, Zn, Fe, Pb and organic carbon have been determined in sediments of the Pagassitikos Gulf. They vary with the ‘sand equivalent’ content, s′, characteristic of the grain size, and are related to it by the equation,
c = c1·k·s′d
in which the constants c1, k and d depend on the element. Consequently, since the metal concentrations in a sample are much less representative of the area from which it has been taken than its ‘sand equivalent’ content, a contour map of the latter constitutes a reliable guide to the general pattern of the elements. Superimposed on it, we detect isolated patches of moderate pollution close to the harbour of Volos and a few, slight, natural anomalies, such as increased Mn and Ni, the former in the east and the latter in the south of the Gulf.  相似文献   

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Losses of 15N labelled nitrogen in a Spartina alterniflora salt marsh was measured over three growing seasons. Labelled NH4+N equivalent to 100 μg 15N g?1 of dry soil was added in four instalments over an eight week period. Recovery of the added nitrogen ranged from 93% 5 months after addition of the NH4+N to 52% at the end of the third growing season which represented a nitrogen loss equivalent to 3·4 gNm?2. The availability of the labelled NH4+N incorporated into the organic fraction was estimated by calculation of the rate of mineralization. The time required for mineralization of 1% of the tagged organic N increases progressively with succeeding cuttings of the S. alterniflora and ranged from 152 to 299 days. Only 2% of the nitrogen applied as 15N labelled plant material to the marsh surface in the fall could be accounted for in S. alterniflora the following season.  相似文献   

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Domestic and industrial sewage is discharged at a depth of 60 m near Whites Point on the San Pedro Shelf, Southern California borderland. A density-stratified thermocline, above the outfall at a depth of 20 to 30 m, is thought to prevent most effluent particles from reaching shallower depths and recreational facilities. In this investigation, measurement of the natural abundance of nitrogen isotopes (15N14N) is used to determine the level of sewage contribution to flocculent suspended material persisting at water depths of 7, 13 and 20 m. Organic nitrogen at 20 m depth was shown to be predominantly of sewage-origin and at 7 m, predominantly of marine origin. Organic nitrogen at 13 m depth and within 3 km of the outfall pipes is predominantly sewage in origin.Stable isotope composition of sulphur (32S34S) in the flocculent material indicates that the effluent particles contain metabolic sulphur, incorporated from dissolved seawater, as well as bacterially produced mineral sulphide.  相似文献   

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Examination of the consequences of the stoichiometric association constant K1a = 41.7 for MgSO4 in seawater as advocated by Johnson and Pytkowicz (1979) leads to a thermodynamic association constant Ka = 212.6, a value 32% greater than KA = 160 derived from conductance data. Use of Ka = 160 leads to a K1a in essential agreement with the value of 10.2 reported by Kester and Pytkowicz (1969).  相似文献   

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The density of artificial seawater has been measured with a magnetic float densitometer at 1 atm. from 0 to 40°C (in 5° intervals) and from 0 to 21‰ chlorinity. The densities at each temperature have been fitted to a modified Root (1933) equation, d = d0 + AV′ ClV + BV′ ClV32 and an equation based on the Debye-Hückel limiting law, d = d0 + AV ClV + BV ClV32 + CV ClV2 where AV′, BV′, AV, BV and CV are temperature-dependent constants (related to the ion-water and ion-ion interactions of the major components), d0 is the density of pure water and ClV is the volume chlorinity — ClV = Cl (‰) × density. The densities fit these equations to ±9 p.p.m. from 0 to 25°C and ±18 p.p.m. from 30 to 40°C. The densities for artificial seawater are in good agreement with our measurements of Copenhagen seawater and the results for natural seawater obtained from Knudsen's tables.The expansibilities of the artificial seawater mixtures have been calculated from the temperature dependence of the densities. The resulting expansibilities at each temperature were fitted to the equations α = α0 + AE′ ClV + BE′ ClV32 and α = α0 + AE ClV + BE ClV32 + CE ClV2 where AE′, BE′, AE, BE and CE are constants (related to the effect of temperature on the ion-water and ion-ion interactions of the major components) and α0 is the expansibility of pure water. The expansibilities fit these equations to ±1 p.p.m. and at 35‰ S agree within ±1 p.p.m. with the expansibilities obtained for natural seawater from Knudsen's tables.Theoretical density and expansibility constants have been determined from the apparent equivalent volumes and expansibilities of the major components of seawater by using the additivity principle. The average deviations of the calculated densities and expansibilities are, respectively, ±20 and ±3 p.p.m. over the entire temperature range.  相似文献   

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The Tait-Gibson parameter, B1, and the refractive index of seawater are estimated from binary solution data. The predicted and experimental values agree closely. The maximum deviations, at S = 40‰, are 1.7 bars for B1 and 0.0001 for the refractive index. The results show that binary solution data, analysed on the basis of the Tammann-Tait-Gibson model for aqueous solutions, can be used to predict the properties of seawater of composition different to that of standard seawater.  相似文献   

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The three dissociation constants of phosphoric acid have been determined in seawater media over the temperature and ionic strength ranges 5–30°C and 0.3-0.9 m. The results obtained fitted the equations (concentrations in mol per kg of solution):
pK1P=-75T+2.16-0.35I12 (rmsdeviation 0.034)
pK2P=737.6T++4.176-0.851I12 (rmsdeviation 0.015)
pK3P=2404T+1.31-0.87I12 (rmsdeviation 0.17)
The results are only in moderate agreement with those of Kester and Pytkowicz (1967). The reason for this lies partly in differences between the pH scales adopted and partly in the poor precision inherent in their method.  相似文献   

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M.D Kumar 《Marine Chemistry》1983,14(2):121-131
A model is presented which signifies the role of oxygen (as oxides and hydroxides) in controlling the composition of seawater. Using the regression equations
log KSW=-0.77+0.03ΔO2-M and [M]SW=KSW[M]crust
logt=4.73+0.04ΔO2-M
respective concentration and residence times for the unknown elements can be estimated. Geometric and statistical indices of Legget and Williams (1981) are used to evaluate the accuracy of the model. This reveals from the known values of ΔO2?M that the present model estimates log ty values within a factor of 1.77. The predicted oceanic residence times for Am, Ir, Ra and Rh are 3.6 × 102, 3.7 × 102, 2.2 × 105 and 6.4 × 102 years, respectively.  相似文献   

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