Carbon isotope analyses of n-alkanes in dust from the lower atmosphere over the central eastern Atlantic

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1757-1767

  Schefuß, Enno ^a   Ratmeyer, Volker ^b   Stuut, Jan Berend W ^c   Jansen, J H Fred ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; LIPID; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TRADE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037871773     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01414-X     Document Type: Article

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