Coastal El Niño triggers rapid marine silicate alteration on the seafloor

Sonja Geilert; Daniel A. Frick; Dieter Garbe-Schönberg; Florian Scholz; Stefan Sommer; Patricia Grasse; Christoph Vogt; Andrew W. Dale

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37186-5

Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Coastal El Niño triggers rapid marine silicate alteration on the seafloor

Sonja Geilert,
Daniel A. Frick,
Dieter Garbe-Schönberg,
Florian Scholz,
Stefan Sommer,
Patricia Grasse,
Christoph Vogt,
Andrew W. Dale

Affiliations

Sonja Geilert: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Daniel A. Frick: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section Earth Surface Geochemistry
Dieter Garbe-Schönberg: Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel
Florian Scholz: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Stefan Sommer: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Patricia Grasse: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Christoph Vogt: Faculty of Geosciences/Crystallography and Geomaterials & MARUM, University of Bremen
Andrew W. Dale: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37186-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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This study identifies the rapidness of marine mineral reactions, directly after an extreme rainfall event. The reactions have the potential to affect marine cation and CO2 cycling, impacting element turnover on human time scales

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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