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Ca profile data

All concentrations normalized to Salinity 35.

Pacific Ocean 45° N, 179° E

Atlantic Ocean 4.5° S, 25° W

Depth (m)

Ca (mmol/kg)

Depth (m)

Ca (mmol/kg)

0

10.215

0

10.308

100

10.216

100

10.240

250

10.221

200

10.221

500

10.245

500

10.249

1000

10.280

900

10.256

1200

10.288

1100

10.250

1600

10.313

1300

10.246

1800

10.322

1500

10.241

2000

10.323

1700

10.233

2600

10.318

2100

10.249

3000

10.312

2500

10.262

3600

10.295

3000

10.245

4500

10.294

3500

10.235

5100

10.303

4000

10.244

5400

10.301

4500

10.262

de Villiers, S., 1998. Excess dissolved Ca in the deep ocean: a

hydrothermal hypothesis. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 164: 627-641.