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Free-Drifting Icebergs as Proliferating Dispersion Sites of Iron Enrichment, Organic Carbon Production and Export in the Southern Ocean
Entry ID: NSF-ANT06-36723

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Abstract: Atmospheric warming has been associated with retreating glaciers, disintegrating ice shelves, and the increasing prevalence of icebergs in the Southern Ocean over the last decade. Our preliminary study of two icebergs in the NW Weddell Sea, an area of high iceberg concentration, showed significant delivery of terrestrial material accompanied by significant enhancement of phytoplankton and ... View entire text
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Description: NSF Award Abstract #0636723
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  N: -52.0   S: -65.0   E: -40.0   W: -55.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2007-09-01
Stop Date: 2010-08-31
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Data Coordination Center, United States Antarctic Program Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.usap-data.org/
Dataset ID: NSF-ANT06-36723

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT A. ARKO
Email: info at usap-data.org
Contact Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
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JOHN HELLY
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: hellyj at ucsd.edu
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University of California San Diego
City: La Jolla
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 92093
Country: US
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-11-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-11-23

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