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Ytterbium depth profiles

Pacific Ocean 34o 41'N, 139o 54' E

Atlantic Ocean 34o 22'N, 12o 29'W

Depth (m)

Yb (pmol/kg)

Depth (m)

Yb (pmol/kg)

5

1.75

13

3.32

49

1.81

33

3.2

99

2.09

58

3.39

150

2.24

108

3.47

200

2.54

208

3.67

299

3.04

505

4.03

400

3.82

708

4.21

458

3.94

807

4.46

599

4.51

827

4.45

800

5.66

869

4.48

1000

6.07

913

4.57

1199

6.73

1013

1502

7.66

1013

4.7

1748

7.95

1111

4.65

1997

8.13

1212

4.76

2248

8.21

1212

4.78

2400

8.23

1307

4.9

2500

8.4

1307

4.96

2576

8.5

1610

4.74

1812

4.7

2019

4.83

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Sea and mixing in the Mediteranean outflow. Earth & Planet. Sci. Lett. 103: 169-181.