Table 1 Benthic fluxes calculated from the reaction transport model thought experiment

From: Insights into silicon cycling from ice sheet to coastal ocean from isotope geochemistry

Core

Total

Diffusion

Bioturbation

Advection

Bioirrigation

A

Fjord head

Jtot-DSi

79.3

37.0

14.9

−0.1

27.5

B

Fjord mouth

Jtot-DSi

133.6

57.5

23.1

−0.02

53.0

C

Shelf

Jtot-DSi

276.7

127.1

51.2

−0.01

98.4

  1. Benthic fluxes (Jtot-DSi in μmol cm−2 year−1). See Fig. 5 for relative location of cores.
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