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Table 1 Composition of icemelt and sediment from Antarctic icebergs and glaciers.

From: Bioavailable iron in the Southern Ocean: the significance of the iceberg conveyor belt

Sample

Icemelt

% Fe extracted from Sediment

Icebergs

Dissolved Fe (nM)

Ascorbate (%FeA)

Dithionite (%FeD)

S1 (Duplicates)

 

0.104 0.038

0.88 0.67

Mean

0.65

0.071

0.78

S2

0.16

0.195

0.86

S3

N/A

0.357

1.20

S4 (Duplicates)

 

0.19 0.104

0.95 0.66

Mean

0.30

0.15

0.81

KG1 (Duplicates)

 

0.071 0.042

0.33 0.27

Mean

2.2

0.057

0.30

KG2 (Duplicates)

 

0.057 0.059

0.42 0.84

Mean

0.13

0.058

0.63

Iceberg Mean

0.69 ± 0.87

0.15 ± 0.12

0.76 ± 0.29

Glaciers

   

T1

0.05

0.029

0.14

T2

0.09

0.020

0.10

T3

3.8

0.029

0.10

C1

2.0

0.023

0.27

Glacier Mean

1.5 ± 1.8

0.023 ± 0.004

0.15 ± 0.05

Iceberg+Glacier Mean

1.0 ± 1.3

0.10 ± 0.11

0.52 ± 0.39

  1. N/A Not available.