Mineralogical characteristics of airborne particles collected in Beijing during a severe Asian dust storm period in spring 2002

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 953-959

  Shao, LongYi ^a   Li, WeiJun ^a   Yang, ShuShen ^a   Shi, ZongBo ^b   Lü, SenLin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust storm (ADS); Beijing; Individual particles analysis; Inhalable particle (PM10); X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

ASIAN DUST STORM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DUST;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; DUST STORM; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34447558400     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0035-7     Document Type: Article

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