The mineralogy and possible sources of spring dust particles over Beijing

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-403

  Shao, Longyi ^a   Li, Weijun ^a   Xiao, Zhenghui ^b   Sun, Zhenquan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian Dust Storm (ADS); Beijing; Clay minerals; Dust aerosol; Mineral ratios; Mineralogy; X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349113262     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0395-8     Document Type: Article

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