Allegre(最初のeの頭に`),C.J., Louvat,P., Gaillardet,J., Meynadier,L., Rad,S. and Capmas,F.(2010): The fundamental role of island arc weathering in the oceanic Sr isotope budget. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 292, 51-56.

『海洋ストロンチウム同位体収支における島弧風化の基本的役割』


Abstract
 We have re-assessed the Sr isotopic budget of the modern ocean taking into account the high erosion rates of volcanic islands, and especially of island arcs, emphasizing important contribution from subsurface weathering to global budgeting. We propose that intensive weathering on volcanic islands, island arcs and oceanic islands, coupled with large surface and subsurface water fluxes is the missing source of mantle-derived 87Sr/86Sr (0.703) in seawater Sr isotope balance. In our approach, it represents 60% of the actual mantle-like input of Sr to the ocean, the remaining 40% supplied by ridge-crest hydrothermal activity and sea-floor low-temperature alteration of basalts. The seawater Nd isotopic budget is consistent with this interpretation and explains well the regional contributions from ridge crest and island arc activity among the oceans.

Keywords: strontium isotopes; ocean water; arc volcanism; rivers; erosion』

1. Introduction
2. Present day 87Sr/86Sr in the ocean
3. Island arc (IAs) and oceanic island (OIs) weathering in the seawater strontium isotope budget
4. Validation with the neodymium isotopic budget
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References


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