Remote mineral aerosols in Westerlies and their contributions to the Chinese loess

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 134-143

  Zhang, Xiaoye ^a   Shen, Zhibao ^a,b   Zhang, Guangyu ^a   Chen, Tuo ^a   Liu, Haiyan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric trace elements; Elemental tracer; Loess accumulation; Remote dust in Westerlies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000934076     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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