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Element ratios of seawater and of aragonite precipitated in vitro from seawater at 25°C over variable pH and seawater saturation state and in the presence and absence of amino acids (aspartic acid, glutamic acid and glycine)

Strontium/calcium, magnesium/calcium, lithium/calcium and boron/calcium ratios of 107 aragonite samples precipitated in vitro using a pH stat titrator using the constant composition technique between August 2020 and April 2022. Measured seawater pH and dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations (DIC) are used to estimate the seawater aragonite saturation state (O) of each precipitation. Aragonite precipitation rates are estimated from the rate of titrant dosing. The trace element contents of the solid produced in the experiment was corrected for the composition of the seed used as a surface for aragonite growth. Seawater [Sr], [Mg], [Li], [B] and [Ca] were also measured and seawater [B(OH)4-] is estimated from total seawater [B] and pH. Data were collected to determine how changes in the calcification fluids of calcareous organisms affect aragonite precipitation. Data were collected by Cristina Castillo Alvarez and Ed Hathorne and interpreted by Cristina Castillo Alvarez, Nicola Allison, Adrian Finch, Kirsty Penkman, Roland Kröger, Ed Hathorne and Matthieu Clog.

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Date (Creation)
2024-10-30
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608298
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Nicola Allison
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Maria Cristina Castillo Alvarez
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Adrian Finch
Originator
  GEOMAR Kiel - Ed Hathorne
Originator
  University of York - Kirsty Penkman
Originator
  University of York - Roland Kroger
Originator
  SUERC, University of Glasgow - Matthieu Clog
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable notApplicable
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Lithium
  • Strontium
  • Magnesium
  • Coral
  • Boron
  • Calcium
  • Citable Data
  • Calcification
dataCentre
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Citable Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
2020-08-03
End date
2022-03-29

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  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
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non geographic dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
No
Statement
Artificial seawater was manipulated to alter pH and dissolved inorganic carbon concentration, amino acids were added if used and an aragonite seed was added as a surface for aragonite growth. A pH stat titrator monitored pH and dosed titrants (Na2CO3 and CaCl2) to replace the Ca2+ and CO32- consumed during aragonite formation. At the end, the solid was collected by filtration, rinsed with water and ethanol, dried at 40°C and stored. Experiment seawater was sampled at the start and end of the experiment. Seawater elements were measured by ICP-OES and solids were measured by ICP-MS.
File identifier
262835f7-8777-09df-e063-0937940ae914 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Hierarchy level name
non geographic dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608298
 
 

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