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1 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
2 Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, 366 Morse Hall, 39 College Road, Durham, New Hampshire 03824-3525, USA
3 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
The Fe isotope composition of Proterozoic to modern clastic sedimentary rocks and aerosols defines a range in 
56Fe values that is only slightly more variable than the range of Fe isotope compositions measured in terrestrial igneous rocks, indicating that chemical weathering, sedimentary transport, and diagenesis play only a minor role in producing Fe isotope variations in environments where Fe redox conditions have been controlled by current levels of atmospheric oxygen. In contrast, the Fe isotope compositions of hot fluids (>300 °C) from mid-ocean-ridge (MOR) spreading centers define a narrow range that is shifted to lower 56Fe values by 0.2
–0.5 as compared to igneous rocks. These new data allow a conceptual model for the Fe isotope composition of the oxic oceans that predicts large ranges in Fe isotope composition under conditions of changing aerosol and MOR Fe fluxes, such as during periods of major worldwide glaciation.
Key Words: Fe isotopes • ferromanganese crust • aerosol • mid-ocean-ridge vent fluid • iron
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