『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
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