Quantitative analysis of mineral phases in atmospheric dust deposited in the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3015-3024

  Diaz Hernandez J L ^a   Martin Ramos J D ^b   Lopez Galindo A ^c  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b Fac Ciencias   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosols mineralogy; African dust; Dust deposition rates; Powder X ray diffraction; Sulphates neoformation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN DUST; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BROKEN DOWN; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; GLOBAL SCALE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; METAL OXIDES; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; MINERAL PHASIS; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMECTITES; SOIL PROCESS; SOLID PARTICLES; SULPHATES; TIME AND SPACE; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITION RATES; DIFFRACTION; GRAPHITE; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; POWDER METALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

DUST;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; CATION; GRAPHITE; METAL OXIDE; MICA; MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DESERT; DOLOMITE; DUST; GRAPHITE; HALITE; KAOLINITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWELLING; WATER RETENTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWELLING; WATER RETENTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

MICAS;

EID: 79955022788     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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