Ice sheets as a missing source of silica to the polar oceans
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Ice sheets as a missing source of silica to the polar oceans
Ice sheets play a more important role in the global silicon cycle than previously appreciated. Input of dissolved and amorphous particulate silica into natural waters stimulates the growth of diatoms. Here we measure dissolved and amorphous silica in Greenland Ice Sheet meltwaters and icebergs, demonstrating the potential for high ice sheet export. Our dissolved and amorphous silica flux is 0.2...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14198