Iron persistence in a distal hydrothermal plume supported by dissolved-particulate exchange

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 195-201

  Fitzsimmons, Jessica N ^a,b   John, Seth G ^c,d   Marsay, Christopher M ^d,e   Hoffman, Colleen L ^f   Nicholas, Sarah L ^f,g   Toner, Brandy M ^f   German, Christopher R ^h   Sherrell, Robert M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLE; OCEAN BASIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STABILIZATION; TRACER;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 85014308943     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2900     Document Type: Article

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