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Dec 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987e%26psl..86..214s&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 86, Issue 2-4, p. 214-224.
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New measurements of dissolved vanadium in a variety of rivers and estuaries are presented here. The data indicate that the average concentration of dissolved vanadium in major rivers entering the ocean is ~ 15 nmol/kg. Weathering rate and type of source rock, rather than solution chemistry or anthropogenic influences, appear to be the important factors in determining fluvial dissolved vanadium concentrations. Laboratory experiments suggest that in oxic waters vanadium is found predominantly in its most oxidized, anionic form (V(V)). Complexation with organic matter and formation of large colloidal species appear to be unimportant. Adsorption also appears to be a less important influence for vanadium than for some other trace elements such as zinc.
In estuaries, vanadium behaves as a bioactive element, showing a close correspondence with the distribution of phosphate. The extent of estuarine vanadium removal is presently uncertain but may be low due to rapid remineralization of this element. Based on the river flux, the oceanic residence time for dissolved vanadium is estimated to be 100,000 years.
Boyle Edward A.
Shiller Alan M.
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