Stable silicon isotope composition of sponge spicules from the Schultz Massif Seamount, Arctic

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The stable silicon isotopic composition of siliceous sponge skeletal elements, spicules, is a potential archive of past dissolved silicon (silicic acid, or DSi) concentrations in bottom waters. Several field-based studies have shown that there is a non-linear relationship between the concentration of ambient DSi and both the isotopic composition (denoted by d30Si) of spicules and apparent isotopic fractionation by sponges during growth. There is considerable scatter in the calibration, with some studies highlighting variation within an individual sponge, and between individuals in both monospecific and more diverse populations. When reconstructing past DSi, it is only possible to differentiate spicules by their morphology, which in many cases will not be taxonomically diagnostic. However, there has yet to be a systematic study of core top and downcore d30Si measurements from different spicule types. Here we address that gap using spicules extracted from two shallow sediment cores from the Schultz Massif Seamount between the Norwegian and Greenland Seas collected on R/V G.O.Sars expedition GS2016109A. Sediments were sliced at 1cm intervals, washed and dried, and spicules hand-picked out and sorted by morphological type. The spicules were dissolved and analysed for silicon isotopic composition using a multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965455
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.965455
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Creator Hendry, Katharine R ORCID logo; Pryer, Helena V ORCID logo; Bates, Stephanie L ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 678371 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/678371 Isotope CYcling in the LABrador Sea; Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 679849 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/679849 Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 475 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (7.514W, 73.812S, 7.514E, 73.812N); Schultz Bank
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-06-21T11:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-06-21T13:15:00Z