Elemental tracers for Chinese source dust

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 512-521

  Zhang, Xiaoye ^a   Zhang, Guangyu ^a   Zhu, Guanghua ^a,b   Zhang, Deer ^a,c   An, Zhisheng ^a   Chen, Tuo ^a   Huang, Xiangping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric trace elements; Chinese deserts; Elemental tracer; Mineral dust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000217227     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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