Relationship between the origin of precipitation in the Jordan Rift valley and their geochemical composition

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Anker, Yaakov ^a   Flexer, Akiva ^a   Rosenthal, Eliahu ^a   Ganor, Eliezer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEAWATER; TRAJECTORIES;

AIR MASS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN VALLEY; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 34547871704     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007517     Document Type: Article

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