Control on dissolved iron concentrations in deep waters in the western North Pacific: Iron (III) hydroxide solubility

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Kuma, Kenshi ^a   Isoda, Yutaka ^a   Nakabayashi, Shigeto ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep water; Dissolved iron; Iron(III) hydroxide solubility; Western North Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; IRON; IRON HYDROXIDE; SOLUBILITY;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0346905452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001481     Document Type: Article

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