Particle-size analysis of aeolian dusts, soils and sediments in very small quantities using a coulter multisizer

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1207-1216

  Mctainsh, G H ^a   Lynch, A W ^a   Hales, R ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dust; Particle size; Sediments; Soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000978243     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199724)22:13<1207::AID-ESP820>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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