The modern atmospheric background dust load: Recognition in Central Asian snowpack, and compositional constraints

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1607-1610

  Hinkley, Todd ^a   Pertsiger, Felix ^b,d   Zavjalova, Liliya ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SANIGMI of Glavgidromet   (Uzbekistan)

^c Cabinet of Ministers   (Uzbekistan)

^d Main Admin of Hydrometeorology   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL CONSTRAINTS; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; CRUSTAL ROCKS; DUST SOURCES; LOCAL SOURCE; POLAR REGIONS;

DUST; GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC BACKGROUND DUST LOAD; CENTRAL ASIA;

ATMOSPHERE; DUST LOAD; SNOWPACK;

ASIA, (CENTRAL); KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 0031177942     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01533     Document Type: Article

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