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Table T10. Approximate chemical composition of reference seawater and inferred Japan Sea Proper Water, Expedition 346.

Species
(i)
Reference SW (S = 35.0) Japan Sea Proper Water (S = 34.06)
xi
(mmol/kgsw)
mi
(mmol/kgwat)
Mi
(mol/Lsw)
xi
(mmol/kgsw)
mi
(mmol/kgwat)
Mi
(mol/Lsw)
Na+ 469.0 486.1 481.2 456.4 473.0 467.9
Mg2+ 52.82 54.74 54.19 51.40 53.27 52.70
Ca2+ 10.28 10.66 10.55 10.01 10.37 10.26
K+ 10.21 10.58 10.47 9.93 10.30 10.18
Sr2+ 0.0907 0.0940 0.0931 0.0883 0.0915 0.0905
Cl 545.9 565.8 560.1 531.3 550.6 544.7
SO42– 28.24 29.26 28.97 27.48 28.48 28.17
DIC 1.96 2.03 2.01      
Br 0.842 0.873 0.864 0.819 0.849 0.840
ΣB 0.4151 0.4303 0.4259      

Reference seawater (SW) composition (Millero et al., 2008). Japan Sea Proper Water salinity (S) = 34.06 (Sudo, 1986). Japan Sea Proper Water total alkalinity = 2.37 and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) = 2.30 (Chen et al., 2005). Blank cells = not applicable.

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