Trans boundary transport of pollutants by atmospheric mineral dust

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2996-3005

  Erel, Yigal ^a   Dayan, Uri ^a   Rabi, Reut ^a   Rudich, Yinon ^b   Stein, Mordechai ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DUST; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; MINERAL DUST; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; TRANS BOUNDARY TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; COPPER; ISOTOPE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER; URANIUM; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; COMPOSITION; DUST; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRACE ELEMENTS;

DESERT; DUST; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESERT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISRAEL; MINERAL DUST; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COLD; COPPER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; ISOTOPES; ISRAEL; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINERALS; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHER; WIND; ZINC;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 33646357915     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051502l     Document Type: Article

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