Mineralogy of agricultural source soil and respirable dust in California

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1619-1629

  Clausnitzer, H ^a   Singer, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSITION; DUST; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DETERMINATION; SOILS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

RESPIRABLE DUST; SOIL DISTURBANCE;

MINERALOGY;

MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLAY; CROP; DUST EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRABLE DUST; SOIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MICA;

EID: 0033199142     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800050028x     Document Type: Article

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