Authors present a comprehensive review of iron and iron isotope sources, internal cycling, and sinks in the ocean.
Jan / 17 / 2023
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The Tonga arc, an iron boundary in the South West Pacific Ocean
As part of the TONGA GEOTRACES process study, Tilliette and colleagues identified high dissolved iron concentrations in the west of the Tonga arc.
Aug / 31 / 2022
Specific features characterize the dissolved iron distribution in the North Western Indian Ocean
Venkatesh Chinni and Sunil Kumar Singh propose dissolved iron profiles along two meridional transects realized during spring and fall seasons between the Arabian Sea and the sub-tropical western Indian Ocean…
Jan / 24 / 2022
Dissolved iron and manganese fates reveal processes along the hydrothermal TAG plume
Authors performed high-spatial resolution analyses of dissolved iron and manganese samples collected at the Mid Atlantic Ridge
Oct / 20 / 2020
A new model simulates the speciation and dispersion of hydrothermal iron
Roshan and collaborators present new observations of dissolved iron and its physical speciation in the South Pacific
Jun / 10 / 2020
Loihi Seamount, hydrothermal Helium-3 and dissolved iron sources and their dispersion within the Pacific Ocean
As part of the GEOTRACES cruise GP15, Jenkins and co-workers (2020, see reference below) observed large water column anomalies in helium isotopes and trace metal concentrations above the Loihi Seamount […]
May / 04 / 2020
Upwelled hydrothermal iron stimulates massive phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean
Joint Science Highlight with US-Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (US-OCB). In a recent study, Ardyna et al (2019, see reference below) combined observations of profiling floats with historical trace element data and […]
Oct / 08 / 2019
Using the three thorium isotope toolbox to probe the particle dynamic within an East Pacific Rise hydrothermal plume
The insoluble radiogenic isotopes of thorium (Th) are produced at a known rate in the water column via the decay of soluble uranium (234Th, 230Th) and radium (228Th) isotopes. These […]
Feb / 07 / 2019
Helium-3 plumes in the deep Indian Ocean confirm hydrothermal activity
Thanks to samples collected as part of the Japanese GEOTRACES cruise in 2009 – 2010, along section GI04, Takahata and co-workers (2018, see reference below) identified a maximum helium-3 ratios […]
Oct / 23 / 2018
When hydrothermal iron fertilizes the surface ocean in the Western Tropical South Pacific Ocean
For the first time, iron measurements in the Western Tropical South Pacific reveal that shallow hydrothermal inputs from the Tonga Arc region fertilize the euphotic waters of this vast region. […]
Jun / 18 / 2018
Low iron sulfide precipitation rate in hydrothermal fluids during the early stage of mixing
Waeles and co-authors (2017, see reference below) report for the first time on the dissolved-particulate partition of iron (Fe) after in situ filtration at the early stage of mixing of […]
May / 29 / 2017
What controls hydrothermal plume transport of iron over 4000 km in the deep Pacific Ocean?
The striking extension of the dissolved iron and manganese plumes over more than 4000 km from their hydrothermal sources along the US GEOTRACES East Pacific Zonal Transect (EPZT) cruise (GP16) has […]
Mar / 23 / 2017
What constrains the hydrothermal dissolved iron isotopic signatures?
Assessing the processes leading to dissolved iron (dFe) isotope fractionation in a hydrothermal plume is a key question, because it allows a better characterization of this specific source of dFe […]
Feb / 21 / 2017
Hydrothermalism: a major contributor to the oceanic inventory of dissolved zinc
High-quality dataset of dissolved zinc (Zn) from the US GEOTRACES EPZT cruise (GP16 section) allows Roshan and co-workers (2016, see reference below) to revisit the oceanic budget of dissolved Zn. […]
Aug / 29 / 2016
Unexpected magnitude of the hydrothermal iron inputs in the deep Pacific
Data from the US GEOTRACES Eastern Pacific Zonal Transect (EPZT, GP16) demonstrate that lateral transport of hydrothermal iron, manganese and aluminium extends up to 4000 km west of the southern […]
Jul / 09 / 2015
Dissolved iron sources in the North Atlantic Ocean quantified
The relative importance of four different dissolved iron (Fe) sources in the North Atlantic Ocean have been precisely determined for the first time thanks to GEOTRACES. Using a novel method […]
Jul / 02 / 2014
Slow-spreading ridges could be major oceanic iron contributor
A large dissolved iron- and manganese-rich plume has been detected by Saito and co-authors over the slow-spreading southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This discovery calls into question the assumption that deep-sea hydrothermal […]
Oct / 30 / 2013
Are the mid oceanic ridges a source of radiogenic neodymium input?
An unexpected radiogenic value of neodymium (Nd) isotopic composition observed by Catherine Jeandel and colleagues in the Deep Pacific Water raises the question of the role of mid ocean ridges […]
Sep / 09 / 2013
Hydrothermalism: A significant dissolved iron source for the deep waters ?
A North-South basin-scale full-depth section profile of dissolved Fe was realized in the Indian Ocean, as part of the first GEOTRACES Japanese cruise (Nov 2009 – Jan 2010). The data […]
Jan / 29 / 2013