Harmattan dust deposition and particle size in Ghana

Catena

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-38

  Breuning Madsen, Henrik ^a   Awadzi, Theodore W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Dust; Ghana; Harmattan; Texture

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPOSITION; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 26944490312     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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