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    Particle triggered reactions as an important mechanism of alkalinity and inorganic carbon removal in river plumes

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    2021-05-20
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    Wurgaft, Eyal  Concept link
    Wang, Zhaohui Aleck  Concept link
    Churchill, James H.  Concept link
    Dellapenna, Timothy M.  Concept link
    Song, Shuzhen  Concept link
    Du, Jiabi  Concept link
    Ringham, Mallory C.  Concept link
    Rivlin, Tanya  Concept link
    Lazar, Boaz  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/27771
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    https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093178
    DOI
    10.1029/2021GL093178
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     calcium carbonate; carbon cycle; carbonate chemistry; heterogeneous reactions; Mississippi; river mouths 
    Abstract
    The effects of heterogeneous reactions between river-borne particles and the carbonate system were studied in the plumes of the Mississippi and Brazos rivers. Measurements within these plumes revealed significant removal of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA). After accounting for all known DIC and TA sinks and sources, heterogeneous reactions (i.e., heterogeneous CaCO3 precipitation and cation exchange between adsorbed and dissolved ions) were found to be responsible for a significant fraction of DIC and TA removal, exceeding 10% and 90%, respectively, in the Mississippi and Brazos plume waters. This finding was corroborated by laboratory experiments, in which the seeding of seawater with the riverine particles induced the removal of the DIC and TA. The combined results demonstrate that heterogeneous reactions may represent an important controlling mechanism of the seawater carbonate system in particle-rich coastal areas and may significantly impact the coastal carbon cycle.
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    Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2021. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Geophysical Research Letters 48(11), (2021): e2021GL093178, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093178.
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    • Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering (AOP&E)
    • Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry (MC&G)
    Suggested Citation
    Wurgaft, E., Wang, Z. A., Churchill, J. H., Dellapenna, T., Song, S., Du, J., Ringham, M. C., Rivlin, T., & Lazar, B. (2021). Particle triggered reactions as an important mechanism of alkalinity and inorganic carbon removal in river plumes. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(11), e2021GL093178.
     

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