Iron isotopes in the seawater of the equatorial Pacific Ocean: New constraints for the oceanic iron cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Radic, Amandine ^a   Lacan, Francois ^a   Murray, James W ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycle; Dissolved and particulate iron; Equatorial Pacific; Equatorial Undercurrent; Iron isotopes; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED AND PARTICULATE IRON; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT; IRON ISOTOPES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; FRACTIONATION; IRON; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOVAL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTERMEDIATE WATER; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEAWATER; THERMOCLINE; UNDERCURRENT; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 79955656915     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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