Aeolian iron mobilisation by dust-acid interactions and their implications for soluble iron deposition to the ocean: A test involving potential anthropogenic organic acidic species

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-161

  Luo, Chao ^a,b,c   Gao, Yuan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77956196933     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN09116     Document Type: Article

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