Wet deposition of major ions and trace elements in the eastern Mediterranean basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D7, 1998, Pages 8287-8299

  Al Momani, Idrees F ^a   Aygun, Sezer ^a   Tuncel, Gürdal ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

MEDITERRANEAN; TURKEY;

EID: 0031867338     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03130     Document Type: Article

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