Estuarine removal of glacial iron and implications for iron fluxes to the ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3951-3958

  Schroth, Andrew W ^a   Crusius, John ^b   Hoyer, Ian ^c   Campbell, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

estuary; glaciers; iron

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; ESTUARIES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS;

ESTUARY ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GLACIAL MELTWATER; GULF OF ALASKA; IRON FLUXES; LABILE IRONS; NUTRIENT CYCLE; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION;

IRON;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON; MELTWATER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALINITY;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84901737500     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060199     Document Type: Article

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