Mineral dust transport to the Sierra Nevada, California: Loading rates and potential source areas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Vicars, William C ^a,b   Sickman, James O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CALCIUM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; IRON; LOADING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAGNESIUM; MIXED FOREST; PARTICULATE FLUX; PHOSPHORUS;

CALIFORNIA; SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 79951929644     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001394     Document Type: Article

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