Iron in East Antarctic Snow: Implications for Atmospheric Iron Deposition and Algal Production in Antarctic Waters

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Edwards, Ross, Sedwick, Peter N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2001
• Subjects: Aerosol iron; Antarctic seasonal sea ice zone; SSIZ; Southern Ocean; Carbon dioxide; Ice; Metals; Variability; Greenland; Aerosol; Blooms; Cycle; Pole; Biogeochemistry; Marine Biology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Prydz Bay; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Princess Elizabeth Land; D'Urville Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dumont D'Urville Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/91; https://doi.org/10.1029/2001gl012867; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/oeas_fac_pubs/article/1104/viewcontent/Edwards_2001_Iron_in_East_Antarctic_snow__Impl.pdf

To evaluate the deposition and solubility of aerosol iron in the Antarctic seasonal sea ice zone (SSIZ), iron was measured in snow samples collected from three areas in the SSIZ (Prydz Bay, Dumont d'Urville Sea and Ross Sea) and one continental area (Princess Elizabeth Land) of East Antarctica....