THE SOLUBILITY OF BIOGENIC SILICA IN THE SEDIMENT OF PRYDZ BAY，THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1084.2012.00339

Abstract

Abstract: Laboratory-based solubility determinations of biogenic silica have been performed in batch reactors on sediments from two cores collected in Prydz Bay of the Southern Ocean. The results show that the apparent solubility of BSi(biogenic silica) in the top sediments of IV-10 and IS-4 station were 1930 μmol/dm3 and 1540μmol/dm3, respectively, and decrease with depth in the core. The apparent solubility of BSi were much higher than the value of Cd of DSi (dissolved silica) in pore water. The pore water distributions of DSi record early diagenetic histories that may involve chemical interactions other than simply the dissolution of the deposited BSi.

Key words: biogenic silica, solubility, sediment, pore water, Prydz Bay

Hu Chuanyu，Sun Weiping，Shen Chen，Zhang Haisheng. THE SOLUBILITY OF BIOGENIC SILICA IN THE SEDIMENT OF PRYDZ BAY，THE SOUTHERN OCEAN[J]. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE, 2012, 24(4): 339-345.

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