Treading in Mortimer's footsteps: the geochemical cycling of iron and manganese in Esthwaite water

Davison, W. and Tipping, E. (1984) Treading in Mortimer's footsteps: the geochemical cycling of iron and manganese in Esthwaite water. In: Fifty-second annual report for the year ended 31st March 1984. Ambleside, UK, Freshwater Biological Association, pp. 91-101. (Annual Report, Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside)

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Abstract

A study of the geochemical cycling of iron and manganese in a seasonally stratified lake, Esthwaite water is described. This work is based on speculative ideas on environmental redox chemistry of iron which were proposed by C.H. Mortimer in the 1940's. These observations have been verified and some speculations confirmed, along with a new understanding of the manganese cycle, and detailed information on the particulate forms of both iron and manganese. Details on the mechanisms and transformations of iron have also emerged.

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