Aeolian dust in Europe: African sources and European deposits

Quaternary International

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 234-245

  Stuut, Jan Berend ^a   Smalley, Ian ^b   O'Hara Dhand, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 62549108185     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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