Variability in oceanic dissolved iron is dominated by the colloidal fraction>

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2960-2974

  Bergquist, B A ^a,c   Wu, J ^b   Boyle, E A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; FRACTIONATION; IRON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PYCNOCLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 34249811790     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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