TY - JOUR
T1 - The carbonate system in the western Mediterranean sea
AU - Millero, Frank J.
AU - Morse, John
AU - Chen, Chen Tung
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A cknowledgements--The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the Office of Naval Research (N00014-75-C-0173) and the Oceanography Section of the National Science Foundation (OCE73-0035 l-A01) for this study. We also wish to thank Dr GOTE OSTLUND, head of the Miami tritium laboratory, for making the tritium measurements.
PY - 1979/12
Y1 - 1979/12
N2 - Measurements of the pH and total alkalinity have been made on waters collected in the western Mediterranean Sea. These results have been used to examine the elements of the carbonate system, HCO3-, CO32-, CO2, ΣCO2, PCO2, and specific alkalinity. The saturation of Mediterranean Gibraltar is supersaturated with respect to calcium carbonate. Our results for the saturation state (Ω) for Mediterranean waters are in good agreement with the results of Alekin (Geochemistry, 206, 239-242, 1972) and those calculated from the GEOSECS (Geochemical Ocean Sections) test station in the eastern Mediterranean. The saturation state of calcite and aragonite in deep Mediterranean waters in higher than that of deep North Atlantic waters.
AB - Measurements of the pH and total alkalinity have been made on waters collected in the western Mediterranean Sea. These results have been used to examine the elements of the carbonate system, HCO3-, CO32-, CO2, ΣCO2, PCO2, and specific alkalinity. The saturation of Mediterranean Gibraltar is supersaturated with respect to calcium carbonate. Our results for the saturation state (Ω) for Mediterranean waters are in good agreement with the results of Alekin (Geochemistry, 206, 239-242, 1972) and those calculated from the GEOSECS (Geochemical Ocean Sections) test station in the eastern Mediterranean. The saturation state of calcite and aragonite in deep Mediterranean waters in higher than that of deep North Atlantic waters.
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U2 - 10.1016/0198-0149(79)90007-4
DO - 10.1016/0198-0149(79)90007-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0018698541
VL - 26
SP - 1395
EP - 1404
JO - Deep-Sea Research, Part A: Oceanographic Research Papers
JF - Deep-Sea Research, Part A: Oceanographic Research Papers
SN - 0198-0149
IS - 12
ER -