Dataset: Particulate Trace Metals from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown RB-03-04B, RB-03-04C in the Reykjavik, Iceland to Natal Brazil from June to August 2003 (CLIVAR AEROSOL project)

Particulate trace element analysis by energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence

Concentrations reported in nmol/L for the following elements (20): Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Nu, Cu, Zn, As, Br, Sr, and Pb; along with date (month/day/year), latitude (degrees north), longitude (degrees east), depth (m), station number, cast number, and bottle number.

Note that related data from 2013 are available here: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/699160

Related files and references: 
Barrett, Pamela M., Resing, Joseph A., Buck, Nathaniel J., Buck, Clifton S., Landing, William M., Measures, Christopher I., The trace element composition of suspended particulate matter in the upper 1000 m of the eastern North Atlantic Ocean: A16N, Marine Chemistry (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2012.07.006.

Feely, R.A., Massoth, G.J., Lebon, G.T., 1991. Sampling of marine particulate matter and analysis by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry. In: Hurd, D.C. and Spencer, D.W. (eds.), Marine Particles: Analysis and Characterization, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, p. 251-257.

Gladney, E.S., Roelandts, I., 1988. 1987 Compilation of elemental concentration data for USGS BHVO-1, MAG-1, QLO-1, RGM-1, SCo-1, SDC-1, SGR-1 and STM-1. Geostandards Newsl. 12 (2), 253–362.

Holynska, B., Bisiniek, K., 1976. Determination of trace amounts of metals in saline water by energy dispersive XRF using the NaDDTC preconcentration. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 31, 159–166.

Measures, C.I., Landing, W.M., Brown, M.T., Buck, C.S., 2008. A commercially available rosette system for trace metal-clean sampling. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 6, 384-394.