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Table 5 Global iron (Fe) and soluble Fe deposition on the oceans and fractional Fe solubility

From: Modeling in Earth system science up to and beyond IPCC AR5

Study

Fe (Tg year- 1 )

Soluble Fe (Tg year- 1 )

Fe solubility (%)

Fan et al. ([2006])

21

2.3

11

Han et al. ([2012])

11

0.47

4.1

Ito et al. ([2012])

15

0.29

1.9

Ito ([2013])

16

0.45

2.8

Ito and Xu ([2014])

12

0.35

2.8

Jickells et al. ([2005])

16

0.16 to 0.32

1 to 2

Johnson and Meskhidze ([2013])

18a

0.26

1.4

Luo et al. ([2005])

11b

0.36 to 1.6

3.3 to 15

Luo et al. ([2008])

11b

0.21b

1.9

Luo and Gao ([2010])

11b

0.34

3.1

  1. aPersonal communications. bMahowald et al. ([2009]).