Origin of iron-manganese-rich suspended matter in the Landsort Deep, NW Baltic Sea

• Water sampling was undertaken in 1982 in the Landsort Deep, NW Baltic Sea, at eight depth levels. In the 0-150 m interval oxidizing conditions prevailed, with suspended phases being particularly rich in Fe (with a maximum at 150 m), Mn and Ba (with maxima at 100 m). The anoxic zone below 150 m showed high concentrations of dissolved Fe and particularly dissolved Mn which were much higher than in the Black Sea, for instance. This is probably due to the migratory behavior of the redoxcline in the Landsort Deep. The metal-rich suspended matter probably arises when dissolved Fe and Mn from the anoxic zone precipitate as hydroxyoxides at the redoxcline; lateral transport of such suspended matter may explain the large-scale selective loss of Mn and Ba from the Baltic basin.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geokemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geochemistry (hsv//eng)

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Applied Geology

Tillämpad geologi

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