Iron isotope constraints on Fe cycling and mass balance in oxygenated Earth oceans

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 629-632

  Beard, Brian L ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   Von Damm, Karen L ^b   Poulson, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Fe isotopes; Ferromaganese crust; Iron; Mid ocean ridge vent fluid

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS;

AEROSOLS; COMPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; IRON; ISOTOPES; ROCKS; WEATHERING;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OPEN OCEAN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEAWATER;

EID: 0043204510     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0629:IICOFC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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