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Germanium incorporation into sponge spicules: Development of a proxy for reconstructing inorganic germanium and silicon concentrations in seawater

Date

Authors

Ellwood, Michael J

Kelly, Michelle

Maher, William

De Deckker, Patrick

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Measurements of germanium (Ge) in deep-sea sponge skeletons are presented for sponges collected by dredge and for spicules isolated from a range of deep-sea sediment cores. Germanium to silicon (Si) ratios (Ge/Sisp) for sponge silica ranged between 0.075

Keywords

Keywords: Germanium incorporation; Silicon concentrations; Sponge spicules; Fractionation; Germanium; Isotopes; Mathematical models; Seawater; Sediments; Silicon; Oceanography; fractionation; germanium; seawater; silicon; sponge Ge/Si fractionation; Germanium; Silicon; Southern Ocean; Sponge

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/26297

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.016

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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