Tag: iron-rich waters

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 16:03 UTC

  Mid-Atlantic ridge with iron-rich waters extending from Brazil to Namibia discovered

  

  At the slow-spreading mid-Atlantic ridge in the South Atlantic Ocean an iron cloud spreads for more than 1,000 kilometers across the Atlantic from west of Namibia, Africa, to northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The iron-rich waters flow 1,500 to 3,500 meters beneath the surface of the ocean. The complete extent and shape of the iron plume remains to be discovered.