Glacial Dust Surpasses Both Volcanic Ash and Desert Dust in Its Iron Fertilization Potential
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kristi L. Wallace; Helen B. Sears; Lena Hanschka; Taylor Methven; Meg F. Yoder; Patrick L. Saylor; B. G. Koffman
- Source
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35
- Subject
- 0106 biological sciences
Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Iron fertilization
01 natural sciences
Subarctic climate
Pacific ocean
chemistry.chemical_compound
Oceanography
Nitrate
chemistry
Chlorophyll
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental science
Glacial period
Desert dust
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
General Environmental Science
Volcanic ash
- Language
- ISSN
- 1944-9224
0886-6236
The subarctic Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea comprise the second-largest high nitrate, low chlorophyll region in the world, where primary production is limited by the availability of iron (Fe). To es...