Vanadium depth profiles

Pacific Ocean 11° N, 140° W

Mediterranean Sea 35° 52' N, 4° 27' W

Depth (m)

V (nmol/l)

Depth (m)

V (nmol/kg)

1

32

0

31.9

50

32.6

33

31.4

100

33.3

51

150

34.4

76

32.5

200

34.9

93

33.6

300

35

102

34.2

350

35.3

124

400

35.3

145

34.5

450

35

166

31.6

497

34.8

188

546

37.1

311

33.7

595

36.5

343

38.4

693

36.1

351

742

37.4

432

33.6

890

36.6

472

33.1

988

36.5

512

1185

36

593

32.7

1280

35.6

633

30.5

1478

36.5

673

1675

34.9

884

33.2

1872

36.4

1039

34.8

2070

35.7

1047

2267

35.9

1128

34.2

2677

36.2

1209

2975

36.3

1320

34.1

3472

35.3

1331

33.6

4625

36.1

4772

36.4

4904

36.6

Collier, R. W., 1984. Particulate and dissolved vanadium in the North Pacific Ocean.

Nature 309: 441-444.

Sherrell, R. M., and Boyle, E. A., 1988. Zinc, chromium, vanadium and iron in the

Mediterranean Sea. Deep-Sea Res. 35: 1319-1334.