Magnetic properties of street dust and topsoil in Beijing and its environmental implications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 408-417

  Zheng, Yan ^a,b   Zhang, ShiHong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Dust storm; Magnetic properties; Street dust; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049093372     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0450-3     Document Type: Article

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