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Silicon‐32 as a tool for studying silicon behavior in estuaries
Author(s) -
Nijampurkar V. N.,
Martin J. M.,
Maybeck M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1983.28.6.1237
Subject(s) - estuary , silicon , salinity , tracer , oceanography , mixing (physics) , environmental science , silicon valley , geology , environmental chemistry , materials science , chemistry , metallurgy , physics , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , entrepreneurship , political science , law
Cosmogenic 32 Si has been used as a tracer to study the behavior of stable silicon in the Gironde estuary, southwest France, particularly to identify the source of excess stable silicon observed in low salinity areas. The results indicate that the dissolved 32 Si behaves conservatively in mixing in the estuary and that the excess stable silicon found in the low salinity zone is likely to be anthropogenic.