Iron isotopes reveal distinct dissolved iron sources and pathways in the intermediate versus deep Southern Ocean

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

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 858-863

  Abadie, Cyril ^a   Lacan, Francois ^a   Radic, Amandine ^a   Pradoux, Catherine ^a   Poitrasson, Franck ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

GEOTRACES; Iron isotopes; Remineralization; South Atlantic; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IRON; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WINTER WATER;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85011256413     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603107114     Document Type: Article

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