期刊
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 398, 期 -, 页码 66-76出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.040
关键词
silicon isotopes; marine silicon cycle; Southern Ocean; ocean biogeochemical cycles; general circulation model
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [PBEZP2-140169]
- NOAA [NA11OAR4310066]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [PBEZP2_140169] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
We trace the marine biogeochemical silicon (Si) cycle using the stable isotope composition of Si dissolved in seawater (expressed as delta Si-30). Open ocean delta Si-30 observations indicate a surprisingly strong influence of the physical circulation on the large-scale marine Si distribution. Here, we present an ocean general circulation model simulation that deconvolves the physical and biogeochemical controls on the delta Si-30 distribution in the deep oceanic interior. By parsing dissolved Si into its preformed and regenerated components, we separate the influence of deep water formation and circulation from the effects of biogeochemical cycling related to opal dissolution at depth. We show that the systematic meridional delta Si-30 gradient observed in the deep Atlantic Ocean is primarily determined by the preformed component of Si, whose distribution in the interior is controlled solely by the circulation. We also demonstrate that the delta Si-30 value of the regenerated component of Si in the global deep ocean is dominantly set by oceanic regions where opal export fluxes to the deep ocean are large, i.e. primarily in the Southern Ocean's opal belt. The global importance of this regionally dynamic Si cycling helps explain the observed strong physical control on the oceanic delta Si-30 distribution, since most of the regenerated Si present within the deep Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans is in fact transported into these basins by deep waters flowing northward from the Southern Ocean. Our results thus provide a mechanistic explanation for the observed delta Si-30 distribution that emphasizes the dominant importance of the Southern Ocean in the marine Si cycle. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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