Characterization of the composition of dust fallout and identification of dust sources in arid and semiarid North China

Geomorphology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 144-157

  Wang, Xunming ^a,b   Dong, Zhibao ^a   Zhang, Caixia ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Luo, Wanyin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dust fallout; Elemental analysis; Potential dust source area; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FALLOUT; LOESS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT;

EID: 69749097547     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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