Glacial flour dust storms in the Gulf of Alaska: Hydrologic and meteorological controls and their importance as a source of bioavailable iron

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Crusius, John ^a   Schroth, Andrew W ^a   Gassó, Santiago ^b   Moy, Christopher M ^a,c   Levy, Robert C ^d   Gatica, Myrna ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COASTAL ORIGINS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DUST EVENT; DUST TRANSPORT; FLOUR DUST; GULF OF ALASKA; IRON LOADING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OCEAN SURFACES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER LEVELS; RIVER VALLEY; RIVERBED SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITS;

DUST;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BIOAVAILABILITY; COAST; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DUST STORM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; IRON; LANDSCAPE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALASKA; COPPER RIVER; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952955622     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046573     Document Type: Article

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