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RedOx Layer Model: A Tool for Analysis of the Water Column Oxic/Anoxic Interface Processes

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Chemical Structure of Pelagic Redox Interfaces

Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry ((HEC,volume 22))

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The goal of the elaboration of the RedOx Layer Model (ROLM) was to create an instrument for a complex analysis of the structures of the pelagic redox-interfaces in the seas with anoxic conditions. The processes of formation and decay of organic matter (OM), reduction and oxidation of species of nitrogen, sulfur, manganese and iron, and transformation of phosphorus forms were parameterized. This chapter is devoted to the detailed description of the assumptions and parameterizations of the processes considered. Examples of the ROLM application are given in other chapters of this volume.

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Abbreviations

GOTM:

General ocean turbulent model

OM:

Organic matter

ROLM:

RedOx Layer Model

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The chapter was supported by project HYPOX 557 (No. EC Grant 226213).

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Yakushev, E.V. (2012). RedOx Layer Model: A Tool for Analysis of the Water Column Oxic/Anoxic Interface Processes. In: Yakushev, E. (eds) Chemical Structure of Pelagic Redox Interfaces. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2012_145

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