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Activities of 234Th and nutrient concentrations in the upper 500 m water column were measured at a time-series station in the South China Sea over a time span of 12.3 d. Results showed a reduction of dissolved 234Th and an overall increase of particulate 234Th during the period. Meanwhile, activities of total 234Th kept fairly constant, implying rapid transformation of 234Th between the dissolved and particulate forms. Vertical profiles of total 234Th showed evident deficit of 234Th relative to 238U in the upper 500 m water column. Using an irreversible steady-state model of thorium scavenging, export fluxes of particulateorganic carbon (POC) corresponding to time points T1 and T2 were estimated to be 46.5 and 13.1 mmolC .m-2. d-1. It was demonstrated that the estimation of POC export was greatly dependent on the POC/234Thp ratios and the bias caused by the different models of 234Th scavenging, however, was considered to be of minor importance.
Activities of 234Th and nutrient concentrations in the upper 500 m water column were measured at a time-series station in the South China Sea over a time span of 12.3 d. Results showed a reduction of dissolved 234Th and an overall increase of particulate 234Th during the period. Meanwhile, activities of total 234Th kept fairly constant, implying rapid transformation of 234Th between the dissolved and particulate forms. Vertical profiles of 234Th showed substantially deficit of 234Th relative to 238U in the upper 500 m water column. Using an irreversible steady- state model of thorium scavenging, export fluxes of particulate organic carbon (POC) corresponding to time points T1 and T2 were estimated to be 46.5 and 13.1 mmolC. m-2. d-1. It was demonstrated estimation of POC export was greatly dependent on the POC / 234Thp ratios and the bias caused by the different models of 234Th scavenging, however, was considered to be of minor importance.