The transport of Saharan dust to southern Europe: A scenario

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-119

  Mattsson, Jan O ^a   Nihlén, Tomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climatic regimes; Dust; Loess; Sahara

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DUST; DESERT PARTICLE TRANSPORT; DUST DEPOSITION; DUST TRAP DATA (1988-1994); LOESS;

AFRICA, SAHARA; GREECE, CRETE;

EID: 0029776562     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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