Spatial and temporal variation in magnetic properties of street dust in Lanzhou City, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1913-1923

  Wang, Guan ^a   Xia, DunSheng ^b   Liu, XiuMing ^a   Chen, FaHu ^a   Yu, Ye ^b   Yang, LiPing ^a   Chen, JianHui ^a   Zhou, AiFeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Lanzhou; Street dust; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749117589     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0131-x     Document Type: Article

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