Mechanism for export of sediment-derived iron in an upwelling regime

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Siedlecki, S A ^a   Mahadevan, A ^b   Archer, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER (BBL); COASTAL UPWELLING; DISSOLVED IRON; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRON FLUXES; MODEL SIMULATION; OCEAN MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; UPWELLING REGIMES; UPWELLING SYSTEMS; WATER COLUMNS; WIND EVENTS; WIND REVERSALS; COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

IRON;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSOLVED MATTER; DOWNWELLING; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; IRON; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; OPEN OCEAN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DUST; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 84856822453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050366     Document Type: Article

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