Two distinct seasonal Asian source regions for mineral dust deposited in Greenland (NorthGRIP)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Bory, Aloys J M ^a,b   Biscaye, Pierre E ^a   Grousset, Francis E ^a,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; ARID REGIONS; MINERALS;

MINERAL DUSTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MINERAL PARTICLES; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; NORTHERN CHINA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRIMARY SOURCES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPRING SEASON;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; DUST;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; PROVENANCE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0038166239     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016446     Document Type: Article

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