Partitioning and lateral transport of iron to the Canada Basin

Polar Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 82-99

  Aguilar Islas, Ana M ^a   Rember, Robert ^a   Nishino, Shigeto ^b   Kikuchi, Takashi ^b   Itoh, Motoyo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Canada Basin; Dissolved iron; Shelf input; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DISSOLVED MATTER; IRON; MELTING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEA ICE; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA BASIN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 84879071367     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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