Geochemical and mineralogical evidence for Sahara and Sahel dust additions to Quaternary soils on Lanzarote, eastern Canary Islands, Spain

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 399-410

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Budahn, James ^a   Skipp, Gary ^a   Prospero, Joseph M ^b   Patterson, DeAnna ^c   Bettis III, E Arthur ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ATA Services Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CLAY MINERAL; DUST; DUST STORM; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; QUATERNARY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANARY ISLANDS; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SPAIN;

EID: 78449241256     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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