Dust rains in Mallorca (Western Mediterranean): Their occurrence and role in some recent geological processes

Catena

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-84

  Fiol, Ll A ^a   Fornos J J ^a   Gelabert, B ^a   Guijarro, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Delegación Territorial en Castilla y León   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dust rain; Mallorca Island; Mineralogical analysis; Particle size distribution; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; RAINFALL; SEDIMENTATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 26944483107     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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