The flux of iron from continental shelf sediments: A missing source for global budgets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Elrod, Virginia A ^a   Berelson, William M ^b   Coale, Kenneth H ^c   Johnson, Kenneth S ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA COAST; FLUX CHAMBERS; IRON GRADIENTS;

IRON;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; IRON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SHELF SEDIMENT;

COASTAL REGIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELF SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DISSOLVED IRON; FLUX CHAMBERS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; SATELLITE IMAGES; SHELF SEDIMENT;

EID: 6044264940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020216     Document Type: Article

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