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Gallium depth profiles

Pacific Ocean 28° 15'N, 155° 07' W

Atlantic Ocean 36° 12' N, 73° 34' W

Depth (m)

Ga (pmol/L)

Depth (m)

Ga (pmol/L)

25

11.7

5

55.9

44

13.2

100

27.3

50

12.8

250

33.7

60

13.2

750

27.8

75

13.7

1000

26.9

100

8.8

125

12.3

150

16.4

175

13.8

200

17.1

300

19

400

12.9

500

12.2

600

9.7

750

6

900

9.2

1100

9.7

1300

11.7

1500

9.6

1750

10.3

2000

14

3000

18

3500

18.3

4000

25.2

4500

21.5

5000

29.1

5290

29.5

Orians, K. J., and Bruland, K. W., 1988. The marine geochemistry of dissolved gallium:

a comparison with dissolved aluminium. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 52, 2955-2962.