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Particulate flux of Ba in the Japan Sea; Lateral transport of excess Ba

Oku, Shunsuke*; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi  ; Minakawa, Masayuki*; Minami, Hideki*; Noriki, Shinichiro*

Autochthonous Ba (Ba-xs) in seawater is enriched in particulate materials by marine biota and settles down to the seabed. Therefore, Ba-xs is known as a proxy of export production in the surface ocean. However, it is necessary to discuss the effect of lateral transport of Ba-xs for the accurate estimation of the export flux. In this study, the authors investigated the effect of lateral transport of Mn-xs from a sediment trap experiment in the Japan Sea. Particulate fluxes of Ba-xs showed a positive relationship between flux of autochthonous Mn (Mn-xs). The flux of Mn-xs was higher in winter and it might be caused by the lateral transport of particulate materials from the shelf regions. The results indicated that Ba-xs is transported laterally and the effect was on a par with the sinking of biogenic particles.

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