Contemporary geochemical composition and flux of aeolian dust to the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lawrence, Corey R ^a   Painter, T H ^a,c   Landry, C C ^b   Neff, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAVY METAL; SILT; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955630497     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001077     Document Type: Article

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