Seasonal changes in the mineral compositions of tropospheric dust in the industrial region of Upper Silesia, Poland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1231-1241

  Jablonska, M ^a   Janeczek, J ^a   Rietmeijer, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Poland; Seasonal; Silesia; Trophosphere

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; DUST; HEATING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPOSPHERE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; TROPOSPHERIC DUST LOADING;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; MINERALOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SILESIA; UPPER SILESIA;

EID: 1542317465     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036760161     Document Type: Article

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