Fluorine Content in the Surface Waters of the World Ocean

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Fluorine concentrations and F/Cl mass ratio values were determined in 40 samples of surface waters of the Indian and Atlantic oceans, and of the Red and Mediterranean seas. A weak trend of increasing F/Cl ratio with chlorine (salinity) increase was established, which in absolute value slightly exceeds the measurement error. An assumption was made about the influence of atmospheric aerosols influx and calcium carbonate precipitation on the fluorine content and F/Cl ratio in the surface horizons of the water column.

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A. V. Savenko

Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Russian Federation, Moscow

V. S. Savenko

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: Alla_Savenko@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Location of surface water sampling stations for analyses of fluorine and chlorine content during the 31st cruise of the R/V Aсademiс Nikolay Strakhov.

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3. Fig. 2. Variability of chlorinity (1) and F/Cl mass ratio (2) in surface waters of different regions of the World Ocean.

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4. Fig. 3. Dependence of F/Cl mass ratio on chlorinity in surface waters of different regions of the World Ocean: 1 - Indian Ocean, 2 - Red Sea, 3 - Mediterranean Sea, 4 - Atlantic Ocean.

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