The amount and nature of the dustfall on Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee), Israel: Flux and fractionation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 4301-4315

  Ganor, E ^a   Foner, H A ^b   Gravenhorst, G ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Deposition flux; Dustfall; Fractionation; Israel; Particle deposition

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOLIDS; SOLUBILITY; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

INSOLUBLE MINERALS;

DUST;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; DUST; ISRAEL; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY;

ISRAEL; LAKE KINNERET;

EID: 0043011004     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00455-2     Document Type: Article

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