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Central North Pacific, 23° N 158° W

World ocean

Other media

Type
Other medium

Ocean station of De La Rocha et al. (2000); the mean ocean is +1.1 ± 0.3 ‰ (n = 69). Surface waters are made heavier by diatom uptake, deep waters lighter by opal dissolution. Coordinates from Table 2, rounded to the degree.

δ30Si in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system

Standard : NBS 28

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
0.81 ± 0.12 ‰0.6 / 1 ‰11
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 11 samples. 300-4500 m, July 1996 (RoMP 96); both 3000 m measurements are kept as in the table.
De La Rocha et al. (2000), A first look at the distribution of the stable isotopes of sil…

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IsoFind Atlas (2026). Central North Pacific, 23° N 158° W, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/pacifique-nord-central-23-n-158-o/ (accessed 2026-10-13).

@misc{isofind2026centralnorthpacific23n158wiso,
  title = {Central North Pacific, 23° N 158° W, isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/pacifique-nord-central-23-n-158-o/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}

Updated : 2026-10-13