Variability of dust inputs to the CANIGO zone

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3455-3464

  Torres Padron M E ^a   Gelado Caballero, M D ^a   Collado Sanchez C ^a   Siruela Matos, V F ^a   Cardona Castellano, P J ^a   Hernandez Brito J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; DUST; METEOROLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONAL PATTERNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0036393307     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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