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The Global Iron Cycle

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, USA 2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, USA 3Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tubingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, 72076, Tubingen, Germany 4Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada

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