Mineralogical composition of African dust delivered by red rains over northeastern Spain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 21977-21996

  Avila, Anna ^a   Queralt Mitjans, Ignasi ^b   Alarcón, Marta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS ILEX;

AFRICAN DUST; DUST; MINERAL COMPOSITION; RAIN CHEMISTRY; RED RAIN;

SPAIN, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0031393004     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00485     Document Type: Article

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