GEOTRACES: Measurement of Fe(II) in the Southeastern tropical Pacific on the US GEOTRACES Transect

南加州大学的一名研究人员将在2013年美国GEOTRACES热带太平洋东部带状样带中确定可溶性还原铁[Fe（II）]的水柱分布。 这项研究将集中在两个重要来源的铁到太平洋盆地，减少东部边界边缘与秘鲁氧气最小区（OMZ）和热液输入沿着东太平洋隆起的铁进入水柱的Fe（II），被迅速氧化和分配到颗粒的Fe（III），这限制了这些来源的重要性。 这些数据将补充测量总溶解铁，颗粒铁和颗粒铁（II），短寿命和粒子反应性同位素，以及锰和碘具有比较氧化还原化学，以确定氧化还原化学的重要性，在本节中观察到的铁的强水平和垂直梯度。 更广泛的影响：该项目将加强与秘鲁和智利科学家的国际合作。 一名博士后，一名研究生和一名本科生将作为该项目的一部分得到支持和培训。

A researcher from the University of Southern California will determine the water column distribution of soluble, reduced iron [Fe(II)] during the 2013 U.S. GEOTRACES Zonal Transect in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. The study will focus on two important sources of Fe to the Pacific Basin, reducing eastern boundary margins associated with the Peruvian Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) and hydrothermal inputs along the East Pacific Rise were Fe enters the water column as Fe(II), is rapidly oxidized and partitioned onto particles as Fe(III) which constrain the importance of these sources. The data will compliment measurements of total dissolved Fe, particulate Fe and particulate Fe(II), short-lived and particle reactive isotopes, as well as manganese and iodine which have comparative redox chemistries to determine the importance of redox chemistry to the strong horizontal and vertical gradients observed for iron in this section. Broader Impacts: The project would strengthen international collaborations with scientists in Peru and Chile. One postdoc, one graduate, and one undergraduate student would be supported and trained as part of this project.