Iron isotopes reveal distinct dissolved iron sources and pathways in the intermediate versus deep Southern Ocean
As an essential micronutrient, iron plays a key role in oceanic biogeochemistry. It is therefore linked to the global carbon cycle and climate. Here, we report a dissolved iron (DFe) isotope section in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Throughout the section, a striking DFe isotope minimum (lig...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.6y3pop 2023-05-15T18:25:05+02:00 Iron isotopes reveal distinct dissolved iron sources and pathways in the intermediate versus deep Southern Ocean Abadie, Cyril Lacan, Francois Radic, Amandine Pradoux, Catherine Poitrasson, Franck https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1603107114 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00367/47864/47859.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00367/47864/48208.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00367/47864/47860.csv en eng Natl Acad Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.1603107114 10670/1.6y3pop https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00367/47864/47859.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00367/47864/48208.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00367/47864/47860.csv other Archimer, archive institutionnelle de l'Ifremer Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (0027-8424) (Natl Acad Sciences), 2017-01 , Vol. 114 , N. 5 , P. 858-863 envir geo Text https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/ fttriple https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1603107114 2023-01-22T17:27:06Z As an essential micronutrient, iron plays a key role in oceanic biogeochemistry. It is therefore linked to the global carbon cycle and climate. Here, we report a dissolved iron (DFe) isotope section in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Throughout the section, a striking DFe isotope minimum (light iron) is observed at intermediate depths (200–1,300 m), contrasting with heavier isotopic composition in deep waters. This unambiguously demonstrates distinct DFe sources and processes dominating the iron cycle in the intermediate and deep layers, a feature impossible to see with only iron concentration data largely used thus far in chemical oceanography. At intermediate depths, the data suggest that the dominant DFe sources are linked to organic matter remineralization, either in the water column or at continental margins. In deeper layers, however, abiotic non-reductive release of Fe (desorption, dissolution) from particulate iron—notably lithogenic—likely dominates. These results go against the common but oversimplified view that remineralization of organic matter is the major pathway releasing DFe throughout the water column in the open ocean. They suggest that the oceanic iron cycle, and therefore oceanic primary production and climate, could be more sensitive than previously thought to continental erosion (providing lithogenic particles to the ocean), particle transport within the ocean, dissolved/particle interactions, and deep water upwelling. These processes could also impact the cycles of other elements, including nutrients. Text Southern Ocean Unknown Southern Ocean Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 5 858 863 |
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As an essential micronutrient, iron plays a key role in oceanic biogeochemistry. It is therefore linked to the global carbon cycle and climate. Here, we report a dissolved iron (DFe) isotope section in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Throughout the section, a striking DFe isotope minimum (light iron) is observed at intermediate depths (200–1,300 m), contrasting with heavier isotopic composition in deep waters. This unambiguously demonstrates distinct DFe sources and processes dominating the iron cycle in the intermediate and deep layers, a feature impossible to see with only iron concentration data largely used thus far in chemical oceanography. At intermediate depths, the data suggest that the dominant DFe sources are linked to organic matter remineralization, either in the water column or at continental margins. In deeper layers, however, abiotic non-reductive release of Fe (desorption, dissolution) from particulate iron—notably lithogenic—likely dominates. These results go against the common but oversimplified view that remineralization of organic matter is the major pathway releasing DFe throughout the water column in the open ocean. They suggest that the oceanic iron cycle, and therefore oceanic primary production and climate, could be more sensitive than previously thought to continental erosion (providing lithogenic particles to the ocean), particle transport within the ocean, dissolved/particle interactions, and deep water upwelling. These processes could also impact the cycles of other elements, including nutrients. |
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Iron isotopes reveal distinct dissolved iron sources and pathways in the intermediate versus deep Southern Ocean |
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Iron isotopes reveal distinct dissolved iron sources and pathways in the intermediate versus deep Southern Ocean |
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Iron isotopes reveal distinct dissolved iron sources and pathways in the intermediate versus deep Southern Ocean |
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