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LIBRE - Collection Casting, Services, and Applications
Entry ID: LIBRE_serfv1

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Summary

Abstract: Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3132.

Public
This research will determine variability in the influx and mineralogy of cosmic dust to the Southern Ocean during the Holocene from peat bog cores. Cosmic dust contains significant quantities of soluble iron, a micronutrient required for photosynthesis. Therefore, variations in the deposition of cosmic dust could significantly affect ... primary production in the Southern Ocean. This may also play an important role in global climate due to its influence on carbon dioxide draw-down from, and emission of volatile sulphur compounds to, the atmosphere.

The download file contain a csv spreadsheet of carbon dating from geochemical peat cores collected from Green Gorge on Macquarie Island.

Project objectives:
This project will sample peat bogs on Macquarie Island to:
1. Quantify and develop a high-temporal resolution record of the variability in cosmic dust deposition during the Holocene;
2. Determine the mineralogy and quantify the solubility of iron contained in the cosmic dust;

Iron is a micronutrient required for photosynthetic reactions within chloroplasts. Martin [1990] proposed that many oceanic phytoplankton, especially those in the high nutrient - low chlorophyll (HNLC) regions of the world's oceans (such as the Southern Ocean) were limited by the availability of iron. Martin et al. [1991] demonstrated that nanomolar increases in dissolved iron stimulated phytoplankton blooms in the North and Equatorial Pacific and Southern Oceans. Several large-scale field experiments (see de Baar et al [2005] for a summary) demonstrated that the addition of iron stimulated phytoplankton productivity significantly. Eleven further experiments have confirmed these results in many other regions [Boyd, et al., 2007] and models of the cellular processes by which iron fertilisation stimulates phytoplankton blooms are now available [Fasham, et al., 2006]. The response of phytoplankton to iron fertilisation has attracted much research effort because phytoplankton blooms increase the draw-down of carbon from the atmosphere and ultimately export a fraction to the deep ocean where it is stored as particulate organic carbon [Watson, et al., 2000] and hence may play an important role in climate.

Cosmic and terrestrial dust can both contain significant quantities of soluble, bio-available iron [Fung, et al., 2000; Plane, 2003]. The potential for iron contained in aeolian terrestrial dust to affect climate was recently assessed by Kohfeld et al. [2005], who concluded that dust-induced iron-fertilisation of ocean ecosystems might account for 30 - 50 ppm of atmospheric CO2 draw-down during the last glacial period. Satellite data provide support for these hypotheses at the regional scales at which terrestrial dust deposition events occur [Cropp, et al., 2003; Gabric, et al., 2002]. The influx of cosmic dust to the oceans could be significantly different to terrestrial dust inputs as it is likely to be uniformly distributed around the globe [Johnson, 2001], vary on longer time scales (although this is not well understood [Winckler and Fischer, 2006]), and is expected to be of finer particle-size and contrasting mineralogy [Plane, 2003].

Ice cores provide excellent long-term records of terrestrial and cosmic dust deposition, however, cores from ombrotrophic peat bogs, that receive their inputs exclusively from the atmosphere, can provide high temporal resolution records of cosmic and terrestrial dust during the Holocene [Cortizas and Gayoso, 2002]. Data from ice cores in Greenland and ocean sediment cores in the tropical Pacific have revealed variations in cosmic dust influx between glacial and inter-glacial periods, with increases in cosmic dust influx associated with cooler temperatures [Dalai, et al., 2006; Gabrielli, et al., 2004; Karner, et al., 2003]. Johnson [2001] calculated that the current background cosmic dust deposition of about 40,000 tonnes per annum delivered 30-300% of the aeolian iron flux due to terrestrial dust and about 20% of the upwelled iron flux in the Southern Ocean. Ombrotrophic peatlands, such as those found on Macquarie Island, which receive inputs of material solely from the atmosphere, provide especially useful records of cosmic dust deposition over the Holocene.

Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report:

Progress against objectives:
Peat core samples were collected on Macquarie Island in April 2010. These samples will be analysed over the coming year.

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Description: Libre is a project devoted to liberating science data from its traditional constraints of publication, location, and "findability". Leveraging open-source technology and data management standards, we make it easy for scientists to make their data discoverable and usable by the whole world.

Service Keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA MINING

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA DELIVERY

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA NETWORKING/DATA TRANSFER TOOLS

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE >SEA ICE >HEAT FLUX

CRYOSPHERE >SEA ICE >ICE DEFORMATION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT

Ancillary Keywords

Polar Information Commons
open data sharing

Service Provider

NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center

Service Organization URL: http://nsidc.org

Service Provider Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: Online
Fees: No fees

Personnel

NSIDC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Publications/References

Richter, D.D. & Markewitz, D. (1995a) How deep is the soil ?
Bioscience: 600-606.

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2011-04-04
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-04-11

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