title: Strontium isotopic compositions of dissolved and suspended loads from the main channel of the Yangtze River.
abstract: The concentrations of Sr and (87)Sr/(86)Sr isotopic ratios have been measured in the dissolved loads from the main channel of the Yangtze River. The result shows that the Yangtze River mainstream water has considerably higher Sr concentration (202-330 microg kg(-1)) and slightly lower (87)Sr/(86)Sr ratio (0.7098-0.7108) than the global average runoff values of dissolved Sr (78 microg kg(-1)) and (87)Sr/(86)Sr ratio (0.7119). The (87)Sr/(86)Sr values of 0.7098-0.7108 in river waters result from the intense weathering of carbonate and evaporate rocks that enriched in the Yangtze River drainage basin. The calculated result based on the end-member mixing model shows that about 91% of total dissolved Sr are derived from the weathering of carbonate and evaporate rocks and the other 9% derived from the weathering of silicate rock. The Yangtze River transports about 1.86 x1 0(11)g yr(-1) (2.12 x 10(9)mol yr(-1)) of dissolved Sr annually to the East China Sea, with an average (87)Sr/(86)Sr of 0.7108. The calculated "(87)Sr(excess) flux" of the Yangtze River is about 2.12 x 10(7)mol yr(-1), indicating the important impact on seawater Sr isotope evolution. The measured (87)Sr/(86)Sr ratios of suspended particulate matters in the Yangtze River water ranging from 0.7178 to 0.7252, are about 0.015 higher than that of corresponding dissolved loads, reflecting more important contribution of silicate particles in suspended particulate matters and preferential dissolution of carbonate rocks during basin weathering.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guanshui Road 46, Guiyang 550002, China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Liang
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Cong-Qiang
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013324:Strontium / Q000032:analysis*; D013325:Strontium Isotopes / Q000032:analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D013325:Strontium Isotopes; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D013324:Strontium