The barium biogeochemical cycle in the MediterraneanBacterial barite precipitation and implication for paleoproductivity reconstructions

  1. Torres Crespo, Nieves
Supervised by:
  1. Francisca Martínez Ruiz Director
  2. María Teresa González Muñoz Director

Defence university: Universidad de Granada

Fecha de defensa: 08 April 2021

Committee:
  1. Fernando Javier Nieto García Chair
  2. Inés Martín Sánchez Secretary
  3. José Manuel Castro Jiménez Committee member
  4. Magdalena Martínez Cañamero Committee member
  5. Adina Paytan Committee member

Type: Thesis

Abstract

This thesis aims to investigate the Ba biogeochemical cycle in the Mediterranean Sea by analyzing this element in both the sedimentary record in the Mediterranean basins and in the water column, and also from exploring the barite (BaSO4) precipitation mechanisms in marine environments.