The dissolution kinetics of biogenic silica in surface sediments collected during the
ANTARES I cruise were measured in stirred flow-through reactors. The rate data exhibit a …

Flow-through experiments have been performed to study the thermodynamics of biogenic
silica (opal) dissolution in deep-sea sediments. They were applied for the first time on …

We estimate the global rate of biogenic silica production in the ocean to be between 200
and 280× 1012 mol Si yr− 1. The upper limit is derived from information on the primary …

On average, 50–60% of diatomaceous opal produced in the euphotic zone redissolves
within the upper 100 m of the water column. High specific silica dissolution rates in the …

The dissolution rates of diatom frustules, phytoliths, two diatomaceous lake sediments, a
siliceous ooze from the Southern Ocean, a diatomite deposit, and a synthetic amorphous …

The processes controlling preservation and recycling of particulate biogenic silica in
superficial sediments must be understood before one uses biogenic silica as a proxy in …

Stirred flow-through experiments were conducted for the first time with planktonic biogenic
silica (BSi). We investigated the dissolution kinetics of uncleaned and chemically cleaned …

Dissolution experiments in batch and flow-through reactors were combined with data on
sediment composition and pore water silicic acid profiles to identify processes controlling the …

Vertical distributions of particulate silica, and of production and dissolution rates of biogenic
silica, were determined on two NS transects across the Pacific sector of the Antarctic …

Biota that make their skeletal material out of amorphous silica have occurred in the geologic
record since Cambrian time. Siliceous sponges first appeared in the lower Cambrian …