Atmospheric iron deposition in the northwestern Pacific Ocean and its adjacent marginal seas: The importance of coal burning

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-159

  Lin, Yi Chiu ^a   Chen, Jen Ping ^a   Ho, Tung Yuan ^b   Tsai, I Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

combustion iron; fly ash; GEOTRACES; iron deposition; mineral dust; northwestern Pacific; soluble iron

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOAVAILABILITY; IRON; MARGINAL SEA; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR;

EID: 85027937325     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004795     Document Type: Article

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