Low source-inherited iron solubility limits fertilization potential of South American dust

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Simonella, Lucio Esteban, Cosentino, Nicolas Juan, Montes, María Luciana, Croot, Peter L., Palomeque, Miriam Edid, Gaiero, Diego Marcelo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: DUST; IRON SOLUBILITY; OCEAN FERTILIZATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Southern Ocean; Argentina; Cosentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/212320

Where atmospheric processing is weak due to low anthropogenic emissions, fertilization of iron-limited oceans by non-volcanic mineral dust aerosols strongly depends on iron solubility at the sources. Southern South America (SSA) is a pristine environment and the main dust supplier to the southern oc...