Dust emission from desertified lands in the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1341-1347

  Wang, Tao ^a   Ta, Wanquan ^a   Liu, Lichao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

DESERTIFIED LANDS; DUST EMISSION; GRASSLAND; PARTICLE DIAMETERS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; DESERTIFICATION; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EJINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; GAXUN LAKE; HEIHE BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33846986481     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0432-9     Document Type: Article

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