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Links between iron input and opal deposition in the Pleistocene equatorial Pacific Ocean
| Title: | Links between iron input and opal deposition in the Pleistocene equatorial Pacific Ocean. |
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| Name(s): |
Murray, Richard W., creator Leinen, M. S., creator Knowlton, C. W., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | |
| Extent: | 6 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3351986 (digitool), FADT3351986 (IID), fau:6529 (fedora), 10.1038/ngeo1422 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Here, we assess the relationship between productivity and iron in sedimentary records from the high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll region of the equatorial Pacific Ocean over the past million years. We find strong links between iron input, the export and burial of biogenic silica (opal) and total export production. Our data demonstrate that iron accumulation was more closely tied to the accumulation of opal than any other biogenic component, with high iron input associated with substantially increased opal sedimentation. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v5/n4/full/ngeo1422.html and may be cited as: Murray, R. W., Leinen, M., & Knowlton, C. W. Links between iron input and opal deposition in the Pleistocene equatorial Pacific Ocean (2012). Nature Geoscience, 5(4), 270-274. doi:10.1038/ngeo1422 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1856. |
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| Subject(s): |
Pleistocene Epoch Iron Opals Marine sediments--Pacific Ocean Sedimentation and deposition |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3351986 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1422 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2012 Nature Publishing Group | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
