Alaskan Glacial Dust Is an Important Iron Source to Surface Waters of the Gulf of Alaska

Abstract This work evaluates glacial dust as a source of sediment, and associated iron (Fe), to the Fe‐limited Gulf of Alaska (GoA). A reanalysis of GoA sediment data, using rare earth elements and thorium as provenance tracers, suggests a flux to the ocean surface of Copper River (AK) glacial dust,...

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Main Authors: John Crusius, Carsten A. Lao, Thomas M. Holmes, James W. Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-06-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106778
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