Precipitation chemistry in intertropical Africa

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 749-765

  Freydier, R ^a   Dupre, B ^a   Lacaux, J P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Enrichment factors; Intertropical Africa; Terrigeneous particles; Trace elements; Weathering processes

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT FACTORS; INTERTROPICAL AFRICA; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; DISSOLUTION; EVALUATION; MANGANESE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RAIN; SAMPLING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADIUM; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

RAIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DUST; EVAPORATION; FILTRATION; NIGER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SUSPENSION; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

COTE D'IVORIE; NIGER;

EID: 0032006156     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00342-7     Document Type: Article

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