Dolomite as a tracer for the source regions of Asian dust

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Li, Gaojun ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Chen, Yang ^a   Yang, Jiedong ^a   Ji, Junfeng ^a   Liu, Lianwen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DUST; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARID REGION; DOLOMITE; DUST; LOESS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEMIARID REGION; TRACER;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 35748947770     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008676     Document Type: Article

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