Neodymium is one of those elements who's budget in the ocean is off (unbalanced), also, we don't know where all the Nd is coming from. This study shows that the dissolution of iron-manganese (Fe-Mn) oxyhydroxides in resuspended sediments and dissoltuion in pore water are an important source. 🧪🌊
Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️
New paper shows:
Sediment resuspension and reductive dissolution of terrigenous Fe-Mn oxides control dissolved neodymium and hafnium inputs from the Amazon shelf
doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
