Estimation of atmospheric nutrient inputs to the Atlantic Ocean from 50°N to 50°S based on large-scale field sampling: Iron and other dust-associated elements

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 755-767

  Baker, A R ^a   Adams, C ^a   Bell, T G ^a,b   Jickells, T D ^a   Ganzeveld, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aluminum; Atlantic; atmospheric dust; iron; manganese; wet and dry deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; DUST; ESTIMATION; IRON; MANGANESE; RAIN; SOLUBILITY;

ATLANTIC; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH; MARINE CARBON CYCLE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; WET AND DRY;

IRON RESEARCH;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MONITORING; SOLUBILIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84881502453     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20062     Document Type: Article

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