Persistence of deeply sourced iron in the Pacific Ocean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1292-1297

  Horner, Tristan J ^a   Williams, Helen M ^b,c   Hein, James R ^d   Saito, Mak A ^a   Burton, Kevin W ^b,c   Halliday, Alex N ^c   Nielsen, Sune G ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromanganese oxides; Iron biogeochemistry; Isotopic fingerprinting; Marine chemistry; Micronutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

IRON; MANGANESE; SEA WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MINERAL DUST; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 84942528049     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1420188112     Document Type: Article

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