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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073ABSTRACT Biogenic silica sediment constitutes one of the critical sources of particle income in the oceans. In this paper, satellite remote sensing of primary production, sinking flux, and molar ratio of Si/C were utilized to elucidate potential biogenic silica sediment in the Paleo-Yangtze Grand Underwater Delta. Primary production …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Particle fluxes of biogenic silica through the water column, silica burial fluxes into the sediments, and the flux of dissolved silica across the sediment-water interface estimated from pore water profiles are used to assess the behaviour of biogenic silica at two stations 80 and 270 km offshore along a transect off the Somali coast in the …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The biogenic silica particle (BSP) microfossil group mainly consists of siliceous plant remains (i.e., phytoliths) that are 3-30 µm in size and generally preserve under oxidizing conditions .
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Burial of biogenic silica (bSi total) in high sedimentation rate continental margins remains highly uncertain.Cosmogenic 32 Si (t 1/2 ~140 years) can be used to trace the fates of bSi total postdeposition, …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The silica solubility profiles are best explained by the early diagenetic interactions between biogenic silica and soluble aluminum derived from detrital material. ... 1990; Fritz et al., 1991; Bareille et al., 1991; Berger and Herguera, 1992). The dissolution rate of biogenic silica in a sediment is a function of the intrinsic reactivity of ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The percentage of biogenic silica (SiO 2) in the sediment (expressed as dry weight %) was measured following established procedures, . Five milliliters of a 10% hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) solution was added to approximately 100–200 mg of dry sediment to remove the organic matter.
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The present study reexamines sediment storage of biogenic silica in Amazon delta sediments and more fully evaluates the role of transformation of opaline Si into derivative minerals than done previously. We provide substantial additional quantitative and qualitative evidence from direct examinations of individual natural particles, …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Biogenic silica concentration (BSi) in sediment cores from the Great Lakes is evaluated as an estimate of siliceous microfossil abundance. A significant linear relationship was found between measured BSi and diatom valve abundance for sediment cores from the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior and between …
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WhatsApp: +86 182217550731.. IntroductionDissolution of biogenic silica (opal) in marine sediments plays an important role in the biogeochemical silicon cycle. Opaline skeletals, exported from the euphotic zone, undergo dissolution not only during their descent to the sea floor but also after their deposition on top of the sediment.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Sediments, Diagenesis and Sedimentary Rocks. D. Rickard, in Treatise on Geochemistry (Second Edition), 2014 9.10.8.3.2 Biogenic silica. Turner et al (2008) used biogenic silica (BSi) contents as a better proxy of labile sediment organic carbon contents, as some part of the organic carbon in the sediment is mineralized. Diatoms preserve well so that BSi …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Biogenic silica was leached from the sediment trap samples and filters by alkaline pulping (0.1 M NaOH at 85 °C). After 135 min the leaching process was terminated with 0.05 M H 2 SO 4 and ...
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