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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Melville (Ship) Cruise"”.
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Geochemical characterization of endmember mantle components
This thesis uses trace elements and radiogenic isotope tracers to define elemental abundances in reservoirs of the Earth's mantle, including EM2 (the Enriched Mantle 2), as seen in the Samoan hotspot track, and DMM (the depleted upper mantle), which is sampled at mid-ocean ridges. Together these …
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Nitrogen cycling in oxygen deficient zones : insights from δ15N and δ18O of nitrite and nitrate
The stable isotopes, δ15N and δ18O, of nitrite and nitrate can be powerful tools used to interpret nitrogen cycling in the ocean. In order to interpret isotope profiles, the isotope systematics of each process involved must be known. This thesis describes numerous experiments using both cultures of …
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Molecular determination of marine iron ligands by mass spectrometry
Marine microbes produce a wide variety of metal binding organic ligands that regulate the solubility and availability of biologically important metals such as iron, copper, cobalt, and zinc. In marine environments where the availability of iron limits microbial growth and carbon fixation rates, the …
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Geochemical tracers of processes affecting the formation of seafloor hydrothermal fluids and deposits in the Manus back-arc basin
Systematic differences in trace element compositions (rare earth element (REE), heavy metal, metalloid concentrations) of seafloor vent fluids and related deposits from hydrothermal systems in the Manus back–arc basin (Eastern Manus Basin, EMB and Manus Spreading Center, MSC) are used to …
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The origin and tectonic history of the Southwest Philippine Sea
This thesis is a collection and analysis of seafloor magnetic anomalies, bathymetry, and the paleomagnetism of DSDP sediments and basalt in the West Philippine Basin, in an attempt to resolve questions about its origin as a marginal basin. Our results suggest that this basin was formed in an Eocene …
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Effects of internal waves on low frequency, long range, acoustic propagation in the deep ocean
This thesis covers a comprehensive analysis of long-range, deep-ocean, low-frequency, sound propagation experimental results obtained from the North Pacific Ocean. The statistics of acoustic fields after propagation through internal-wave-induced sound-speed fluctuations are explored experimentally …
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Urea and nickel utilization in marine cyanobacteria as evaluated by incubation, proteomic, and uptake techniques
Nitrogen and trace metal biogeochemical effects on phytoplankton productivity were compared through whole water bottle incubations and proteomic evaluation of in situ harvested particulate matter from two distinct oceanographic regions: the Equatorial Pacific Upwelling and the South Pacific Gyre. …
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Surface-cycling of rhenium and its isotopes
The application of elemental and isotopic metal palaeoredox tracers to the geologic past rests on an understanding of modern metal cycles. This study reevaluates the surface-cycling of Mo and Re in near-surface reservoirs. Revised river averages of Mo and Re are 1.8- and 7.9-fold larger than …
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The influence of ridge geometry at the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9º-25ºE) : basalt composition sensitivity to variations in source and process
Between 9º-25º E on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge lie two sharply contrasting supersegments. One 630 km long supersegment erupts N-MORB that is progressively enriched in incompatible element concentrations from east to west. The second 400 km long supersegment contains three …
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The marine biogeochemistry of dissolved and colloidal Iron
Iron is a redox active trace metal micronutrient essential for primary production and nitrogen acquisition in the open ocean. Dissolved iron (dFe) has extremely low concentrations in marine waters that can drive phytoplankton to Fe limitation, effectively linking the Fe and carbon cycles. …
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The evolution of upper ocean thermal structure at 10°N, 125°W during 1997-1998
In this thesis I have endeavored to determine the factors and physical processes that controlled SST and thermocline depth at 10°N, 125°W during the Pan American Climate Study (PACS) field program. Analysis based on the PACS data set, TOPEX/Poseidon sea surface height data, European Remote Sensing …
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Air-sea interaction at contrasting sites in the eastern tropical Pacific : mesoscale variability and atmospheric convection at 10°N
… products. A statistically significant relationship between SST and columnar cloud liquid water (CLW), cloud reflectivity, and surface solar radiation is identified within the wavenumber-frequency band corresponding to oceanic Rossby waves. Analysis of seven years of CLW data and 20 years …
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The biogeochemistry of marine particulate trace metals
Marine particles include living and non-living solid components of seawater, representing a dynamic and chemically diverse mixture of phases. Through a combination of method development, basin-scale particulate collection and analyses, modeling, and field experiments, this thesis examines both the …
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Constraining circulation changes through the last deglaciation with deep-sea coral radiocarbon and sedimentary 231Pa/230Th
Radioactive isotopes can be used in paleoceanography both for dating samples and as tracers of ocean processes. Here I use radiocarbon and uranium series isotopes to investigate the ocean’s role in climate change over the last deglaciation. I present a new method for rapid radiocarbon analyses as a …
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Trace element geochemistry of oceanic peridotites and silicate melt inclusions : implications for mantle melting and ocean ridge magmagenesis
The mantle melting process is fundamental to basalt genesis and crustal accretion at mid-ocean ridges. It is believed that melts ascend more rapidly than the surrounding mantle, implying a process similar to fractional melting may be occurring, but geochemical evidence for this has been lacking. …
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Geochemical and rheological constraints on the dynamics of the oceanic upper mantle
… the Josephine Peridotite to quantify the relationship between mineral orientation and shear strain, providing an improved framework for the interpretation of seismic anisotropy. The upper mantle is generally assumed to be homogeneous in composition. From detailed isotopic and chemical analyses of …
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Oceanic fluxes of mass, heat, and freshwater : a global estimate and perspective
Data from fifteen globally distributed, modern, high resolution, hydrographic oceanic transects are combined in an inverse calculation using large scale box models. The models provide estimates of the global meridional heat and freshwater budgets and are used to examine the sensitivity of the …