Sahara dust, ocean spray, volcanoes, biomass burning: Pathways of nutrients into Andean rainforests

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue , 2009, Pages 85-94

  Fabian, P ^a   Rollenbeck, R ^a,b   Spichtinger, N ^a   Brothers, L ^c   Dominguez, G ^c   Thiemens, M ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; CONDUCTIVITY; DUST; IONIC COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; PIXEL; RAINFOREST; SPRAY; TRAJECTORY; VOLCANO;

ANDES; ECUADOR; PODOCARPUS NATIONAL PARK;

HOLODISCUS; PODOCARPUS;

EID: 77949359803     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-22-85-2009     Document Type: Article

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