Compositions of modern dust and surface sediments in the Desert Southwest, United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Reheis, Marith C ^a   Budahn, James R ^a   Lamothe, Paul J ^a   Reynolds, Richard L ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; DESERT SOIL; DESICCATION; DUST; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MIXING; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349601215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001009     Document Type: Article

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