Comments on the source, transport and deposition scenario of Saharan dust to southern Europe

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-196

  Yaalon, Dan H ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

aeolian transport; deposition scenario; desert loess; Mediterranean; Saharan dust; trajectories

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; LOESS; SAHARAN DUST; SAHARNAN DUST; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031128722     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0231     Document Type: Article

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