Project - GEOTRACES (GEOTRACES)
Summary
GEOTRACES MISSION
Many trace elements are critical for marine life and therefore influence the functioning of ocean ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. Some trace elements are also of concern as contaminants, while others, together with a diverse array of isotopes, are used to assess modern-ocean processes and the role of the ocean in past climate change.
Despite the recognised importance of trace elements and isotopes in the ocean, our ability to exploit knowledge of their attributes is limited by uncertainty about their sources, sinks, internal cycling and chemical speciation.
GEOTRACES now fills this critical gap with knowledge of the marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes at an unprecedented scale.
GEOTRACES mission:
To identify processes and quantify fluxes that control the distributions of key trace elements and isotopes in the ocean, and to establish the sensitivity of these distributions to changing environmental conditions.
People involved
| Name | Organization | Role |
| Rob Middag | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) | PI |
| Loes Gerringa | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) | PI |
Datasets
Publications
Micha J. A. Rijkenberg, Hans A. Slagter, et al., 2018. Dissolved Fe in the Deep and Upper Arctic Ocean With a Focus on Fe Limitation in the Nansen Basin. Frontiers in Marine Science 5
H.A. Slagter, H.E. Reader, et al., 2017. Organic Fe speciation in the Eurasian Basins of the Arctic Ocean and its relation to terrestrial DOM. Marine Chemistry 197, 11-25
Acronym
GEOTRACES
Region
Bipolar
Start date
2006-01-01
End date
unknown
Keywords
- geotraces
- isotopes
- trace metals
