Computer Science
Scientific paper
Apr 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006gecoa..70.1603r&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 70, Issue 7, p. 1603-1615.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Boron isotope compositions (δ11B) and B concentrations of rains and snows were studied in order to characterize the sources and fractionation processes during the boron atmospheric cycle. The 11B/10B ratios of instantaneous and cumulative rains and snows from coastal and continental sites show a large range of variations, from -1.5 ± 0.4 to +26.0 ± 0.5‰ and from -10.2 ± 0.5 to +34.4 ± 0.2‰, respectively. Boron concentrations in rains and snows vary between 0.1 and 3.0 ppb. All these precipitation samples are enriched in 10B compared to the ocean value (δ11B = +39.5‰). An empirical rain-vapour isotopic fractionation of +31‰ is estimated from three largely independent methods. The deduced seawater vapour fractionation is +25.5‰, with the difference between the rain and seawater fractionations principally reflecting changes in the speciation of boron in the liquid with ˜100% B(OH)3 present in precipitations. A boron meteoric water line, δD = 2.6δ11B - 133, is proposed which describes the relationship between δD and δ11B in many, but not all, precipitations. Boron isotopic compositions of precipitations can be related to that of the seawater reservoir by the seawater vapour fractionation and one or more of (1) the rain-vapour isotopic fractionation, (2) evolution of the δ11B value of the atmospheric vapour reservoir via condensation precipitation processes (Rayleigh distillation process), (3) any contribution of vapour from the evaporation of seawater aerosols, and (4) any contribution from particulate matter, principally sea salt, continental dust and, perhaps more regionally, anthropogenic sources (burning of biomass and fossil fuels). From the δ11B values of continental precipitations, a sea salt contribution cannot be more than a percent or so of the total B in precipitation over these areas.
Carignan Jean
Chaussidon Marc
Rose-Koga E. F.
Sheppard Simon M. F.
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