Elemental and isotopic composition of surface soils from key Saharan dust sources

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作者
Gross, A. [1 ,4 ]
Palchan, D. [1 ]
Krom, M. D. [2 ,3 ]
Angert, A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Inst Earth Sci, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel
[2] Univ Haifa, Dept Marine Biol, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel
[3] Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Environm Sci Policy & Management, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
基金
以色列科学基金会;
关键词
Dust; Sahara; delta O-18(P) isotopes; Sr isotopes; Phosphorus; Potential source area; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; BIOAVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MINERAL DUST; PHOSPHATE; ND; TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SR; GEOCHEMISTRY;
D O I
10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.09.001
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Saharan dust contains significant amount of P, an important macronutrient to all living organisms, which has been shown to exert large effects on nearby and remote ecosystems located across the dust transport pathways. The biological effect of Saharan dust depends on the amount and nature of the P speciation of the dust. However, thus far relatively small numbers of samples from potential source areas (PSA) has been analyzed. Here we report the P speciation (resin-P, HCl-P, Fe-bound-P and organic-P), the delta O-18(P) values, the elemental composition, and the Sr-87/Sr-86 and Nd-143/Nd-144 of the fine fraction and bulk soil from 5 important PSAs across Northern Africa. We found the HCl-P concentrations between different source areas were relatively constrained but that these concentrations were higher in the fine fraction, which here is used a surrogate for dust. The delta O-18(P) values for soils from sand dunes varied from 15.0 to 21.4%, which is in the range of phosphate minerals from sedimentary origin. The delta O-18(P) values of soils from dry lakes were significantly higher (24.0-28.5%), probably since their P is derived from fossilized plankton that lived in the lake as it dried up. The Sr-87/Sr-86 and epsilon Nd values ranged from 0.7219 to 0.7276 and - 12.7 to - 14.0 in eastern samples and from 0.7146 to 0.7185 and - 11.9 to - 13.4 in western samples, suggesting a different source for the siliciclastic material of eastern and western samples. Our analysis indicates that the delta O-18(P) values are decoupled from the Sr-87/(86) and Nd-143/(144) isotopic systems. Together, the new chemical and isotope data are specific for different PSAs and thus are used for source apportionment purposes. Such data can be used to provide more accurate estimates of the flux of potentially bioavailable P to marine and terrestrial ecosystems. These estimates can be used in global climate models to determine the magnitude and distribution of P control on carbon uptake. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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