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Beryllium profile data

Pacific Ocean 30° N, 156° W

Atlantic Ocean 24° 55' S, 01° 00' E

Depth (m)

Be (pmol/kg)

Depth (m)

Be (pmol/kg)

40

4

0

10.0

70

5

72

9.9

110

4

190

7.3

206

5

291

9.8

266

5

415

13.2

336

6

534

12.9

417

7

642

13.9

497

7

1130

16.0

593

12

1649

18.0

691

16

2144

23.0

789

16

2642

24.1

986

14

3144

30.0

1182

16

3643

34.2

1505

19

4152

34.8

1804

18

2102

22

2401

24

2699

22

3101

24

3508

26

3915

27

4322

28

4730

25

4921

28

5314

29

5608

28

5805

28

5903

30

Measures, C. I., and Edmond, J. M., 1982. Beryllium in the water column of the central North Pacific.

Nature 297: 51-53.

Measures, C. I., Ku, T. L., Luo, S., Southon, J. R., Xu, X., and Kusakabe, M., 1996. The distribution

of 10Be and 9Be in the South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res. 43: 987-1009.