Deep dissolved iron profiles in the eastern North Atlantic in relation to water masses

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Laes A ^a   Blain, S ^a   Laan, P ^b   Achterberg, E P ^c   Sarthou, G ^a   de Baar, H J W ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IRON; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

BIOGENIC MATERIALS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLVED LOAD; IRON; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0346216922     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017902     Document Type: Article

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