Atmospheric fluxes of 210Pb to the western Mediterranean Sea and the Saharan dust influence

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Garcia Orellana, Jordi ^a,b   Sanchez Cabeza, J A ^a,b,c   Masque P ^a,b   Avila A ^a   Costa, E ^b   Loye Pilot M D ^d   Bruach Menchen J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; DYNAMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DUST; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; TRACER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 33845952388     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006660     Document Type: Article

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