Particulate organic carbon export flux by <sup>234</sup>Th/<sup>238</sup>U disequilibrium in the continental slope of the East China Sea

BI Qianqian; DU Jinzhou; WU Ying; ZHOU Jing; ZHANG Jing

doi:10.1007/s13131-013-0303-7

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BI Qianqian, DU Jinzhou, WU Ying, ZHOU Jing, ZHANG Jing. Particulate organic carbon export flux by 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the continental slope of the East China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(10): 67-73. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0303-7

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BI Qianqian, DU Jinzhou, WU Ying, ZHOU Jing, ZHANG Jing. Particulate organic carbon export flux by ²³⁴Th/²³⁸U disequilibrium in the continental slope of the East China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(10): 67-73. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0303-7

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Particulate organic carbon export flux by ²³⁴Th/²³⁸U disequilibrium in the continental slope of the East China Sea

doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0303-7

State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Received Date: 2012-07-07
Rev Recd Date: 2013-02-25

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Abstract

²³⁴Th is widely used to quantify the magnitude of upper ocean particulate organic carbon(POC)export in oceans.In the present work,the rates of particulate organic carbon export were measured based on the distribution patterns of ²³⁴Th/²³⁸U disequilibrium in the water column within the continental slope of the East China Sea(ECS)during May 2011.The profiles of particulate and dissolved ²³⁴Th activities at all three stations showed a relative deficit with respect to ²³⁸U in the upper 100 m of the water column.The dissolved ²³⁴Th scavenging rates and the particulate ²³⁴Th removal rates and their residence times were calculated by a one-dimensional steady state model.The results showed that the dissolved ²³⁴Th scavenging rates and the particulate ²³⁴Th removal rates ranged from 12.4-61.4 dpm/(m³·d)and from 3.8-21.8 dpm/(m³·d), respectively.The residence times of dissolved and particulate ²³⁴Th were in the range of 3.4-158 d and 63.7-96.5 d,respectively.Combined with the measurement of POC/²³⁴Th ratios of suspended particles,POC export flux(calculated by carbon)from the euphotic zone was estimated in the study region,which ranged from 4.14-14.7 mmol/(m²·d),with an average of 8.21 mmol/(m²·d),occupying 35% of the prime productivity in the study area.The results of this study can provide new information for better understanding the carbon biogeochemical cycle within the continental slope of the ECS.
- ²³⁴Th/²³⁸U disequilibrium,
- residence time,
- POC export,
- East China Sea(ECS)

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