Impact of high Saharan dust inputs on dissolved iron concentrations in the Mediterranean Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Guieu, C ^a   Bozec, Y ^b,c   Blain, S ^b   Ridame, C ^a   Sarthou, G ^b   Leblond, N ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DISSOLUTION; DUST; SURFACE WATERS;

ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; IRON ENRICHMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; STRATIFIED WATERS; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

IRON;

EID: 0036820138     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014454     Document Type: Article

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