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231Pa/230Th and multiple water masses
Does the 231Pa/230Th ratio record information about rates of ocean circulation?
Gideon Henderson
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Results from the GEOVIDE cruise
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U-series isotopes
Inaclosedsystem,allisotopeshavethesameactivity,setbytheactivityoftheultimateparent
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U-series isotopes
Inaclosedsystem,allisotopeshavethesameactivity,setbytheactivityoftheultimateparent
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Th and Pa chemistry in the ocean
Tres 230Th ≈ 20 yearsTres 231Pa ≈ 150 years230Th scavenged 5 – 10 times faster than 231PaThis difference referred to as F (= Kd(230Th)/Kd(231Pa))
Uranium: conservative
Protactinium and thorium:Rapidly removed≈10-4 secular equilibrium value
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Nuclide concentration with depth
F = P
concentration
Scavenging of nuclide onto particlesDownward transport on particlesContinued equilibration (i.e. reversible scavenging)Increasing concentrations with depthSediment concentration ultimately set by exchange
at seafloor
Bacon and Anderson 1982, Anderson and Bacon 1983
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F = P
concentration
Nuclide concentration with age
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Nuclide concentration with age
F = P F < PF < P
concentration concentrationconcentration
230Thsdfsd
Low concentrations à lower flux to sediment à water column increaseUntil an equilibrium profile is reached
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Some real data: Western Atlantic
N
Smid lat.
Deng et al. 2018
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Yu et al. 1996
Time slice maps of 231Pa/230Th
Holocene Glacial
0.060.06
0.17 0.15
Compared 231Pa/230Th ratios with production ratio = 0.093
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Time series of 231Pa/230Th
McManus et al. 2004
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Depth resolved records
Gherardi et al. 2009
Relies on different behaviour in different waters
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Comparing north and south Atlantic
Negre et al. 2010
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Two ways to connect sedimentary 231Pa/230Th to rate of circulation:
Model 1:
Basin Advection
(e.g. Yu et al. 1996, Bradtmiller 2014)
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Nuclide concentration with age
F = P F < PF < P
concentration concentrationconcentration
230Thsdfsd
Low concentrations à lower flux to sediment à water column increase
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Concentrations of nuclides in ageing waters
Waters leaving a basin remove more 231Pa than 230Th
231Pa
230Th
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Residence time of waters in Atlantic
Average Tres from water budgets≈125 years
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Concentrations of nuclides in ageing waters
Waters leaving a basin remove more 231Pa than 230Th
231Pa
230Th
Tres North Atlantic
Remove about 3 times more 231Pa than 230Th
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Two ways to connect sedimentary 231Pa/230Th to rate of circulation:
Model 2:
Chemical evolution
(e.g. Negre et al. 2010, Gherardi et al 2009)
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Concentrations of nuclides in ageing waters
231Pa
230Th
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231Pa/230Th ratio in aging waters
Sediments capture higher ratio as waters ageSo strong ventilation leads to lower ratios
Sediment 231Pa/230Th
Water 231Pa/230Th
F
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The basin advection model: Does it work in the modern?
Budget for 230Th and 231Pa using GEOTRACES measurements and known water fluxes
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GEOVIDE data completes the budget
Deng et al 2018
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Complete budget for Atlantic basins
Deng et al 2018
4% of 230Th and 26% of 231Pa are advected out of North AtlanticSuggest average N. Atlantic sediment 231Pa/230Th ≈ 0.07I.e. < 0.093 due to deep-water advection
South Atlantic is very close to balance. Average sediment 231Pa/230Th expected to be ≈0.093
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The chemical evolution model: Does it work in the modern?
GEOVIDE data compared to CFC-derived ages:
231Pa/230Th does not increase with age
Budget for 230Th and 231Pa using GEOTRACES measurements and known water fluxes
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231Pa and 230Th with age of waters
231Pa
230Th
Nitrate
Deng et al. 2014Kretschmer unpublished
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No systematic relationship between Pa/Th and age
Nitrate
231Pa/230Th ratio
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Mid water column maximum
A common feature, unrelated to age
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In the modern ocean:
Model 1: Basin advection – passesThere is net advection of 231Pa from the North Atlantic
Model 2: Chemical evolution – failsWater masses do not have distinct Pa/Th ratios, and do not show clear evolution of the ratio with age
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Limitations applying the basin advection model to the past
1. Core does not reflect whole basin(boundary scavenging; changes in productivity)
2. Change average F in basin(decrease F – sediment Pa/Th increases with no change in flowSuggested for H1 due to opal productivity)
3. Preformed values
4. Layered flow
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Influence of preformed nuclides
Deng et al 2018
Surface values have long-term impact on sedimentary Pa/Th
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Limitations applying the basin advection model to the past
1. Core does not reflect whole basin(boundary scavenging; changes in productivity)
2. Change average F in basin(decrease F – sediment Pa/Th increases with no change in flowSuggested for H1 due to opal productivity)
3. Preformed values
4. Layered flow
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Past North Atlantic not always flushed by single water mass
e.g. LGM – layered flow
Deep water flowing into basin, intermediate water flowing out Divide at ≈2.5 km
Lynch-Stieglitz et al. 2007
Modern
LGM
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Basin advection balance for LGM
Today, 231Pa concentrations similar above and below 2.5km
To maintain same North Atlantic Pa/Th at LGM as today requires same southward flux of waterPlus additional southward flux for any northward deep flux.
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Yu et al. 1996
Time slice maps of 231Pa/230Th
Holocene Glacial
0.060.06
0.17 0.15
Compared 231Pa/230Th ratios with production ratio = 0.093
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Bradtmiller et al. 2014
Atlantic LGM Pa/Th ratios
Latest compilation continues to support Yu et al.Average LGM similar to Holocene
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Summary
Modern net advection of 231Pa from Atlantic indicates potential for Pa/Th as a proxy for deep-water flow at basin scale
Lack of any clear relationship of Pa/Th with water mass or age in GEOTRACES data indicates that chemical evolution of waters cannot be used to constrain rate
Depth resolved Pa/Th records, and comparison of Pa/Th from different basins are challenging, unless they can be interpreted in terms of basin advection
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Challenges
Do we believe that intermediate water flux out of North Atlantic was greater than total NADW flux today?
If not, where is the missing 231Pa in the North Atlantic?
What is the impact of surface water Pa and Th on North Atlantic balance (both for advection, and as preformed concentrations)?
Can we constrain average North Atlantic F values for past times?
Where is the missing 231Pa in South Atlantic?
What processes control 231Pa in the water column (e.g. the mid-water maximum)?