Dust characteristics and source-sink relations in eastern West Africa (SW-Niger and Benin) and South America (Argentinean Pampas)

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-363

  Ramsperger, Barbara ^a   Herrmann, Ludger ^a   Stahr, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Element concentration; Mineralogy; Particle size distribution; Rate of dust deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000731429     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.1998.3581610404     Document Type: Article

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