Asian dustfall in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3493-3507

  Zdanowicz, Christian ^a   Hall, Gwendy ^a   Vaive, Judy ^a   Amelin, Yuri ^a   Percival, Jeanne ^a   Girard, Isabelle ^a   Biscaye, Pierre ^b   Bory, Aloys ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Geochemical fluxes; Mineral aerosols; North Pacific; Snow chemistry

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33745839680     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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