Characteristics of modern atmospheric dust deposition in snow on the Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 506-520

  Zdanowicz, C M ^a   Zielinski, G A ^a   Wake, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE; SNOW;

CANADA;

EID: 0032413788     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v50i5.16234     Document Type: Article

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