Silicon isotopic fractionation in marine sponges: A new model for understanding silicon isotopic variations in sponges

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2010

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Wille, Martin
Sutton, Jill
Ellwood, Michael
Sambridge, Malcolm
Maher, William
Eggins, Stephen
Kelly, Michelle

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Elsevier

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The silicon (Si) isotope (δ30Si) composition of deep-sea sponges from near Antarctica, subantarctic waters (Tasmania Seamounts) and subtropical waters north of New Zealand vary widely between +0.87‰ and -3.40‰ (vs. NBS28). Depth profiles show that sp

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Keywords: Antarctica; Asymptotic behaviour; Depth profile; Depth range; Isotope fractionation; Isotope values; Isotopic fractionations; Isotopic variations; Marine sponge; New model; New zealand; Rayleigh; Sea sponge; Si concentration; Silicon isotopes; Southern Oc Isotope fractionation; Silicon; Silicon isotopes; Southern Ocean; Sponges

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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