Dust fall in the takla makan desert of China

Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-224

  Weinan, Chen ^a   Fryrear, Donald W ^b   Zuotao, Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust fall; Sedimentary characteristics; Takla Makan Desert

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

CHINA;

EID: 0343627789     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1999.10642676     Document Type: Article

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