Role of Chinese wind-blown dust in enhancing environmental pollution in Metropolitan Seoul

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Kim, Wonnyon ^a   Doh, Seong Jae ^a   Yu, Yongjae ^a   Lee, Meehye ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Asian dust; Carbon bearing iron oxide; Magnetic spherule; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL MECHANICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ANTHROPOGENICS; CARBON BEARING IRON OXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MAGNETIC SPHERULES;

DUST CONTROL;

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; IRON OXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOESS; METROPOLITAN AREA; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COMBUSTION; DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KOREA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHINA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; KOREA; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 41949111361     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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