Observations of nucleation of new particles in a volcanic plume

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 12223-12226

  Boulon, Julien ^a   Sellegri, Karine ^a   Hervo, Maxime ^a   Laj, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Secondary aerosols; Volcanic sulfur

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUCLEATION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PARTICLE FORMATION; VOLCANIC PLUME; VOLCANO;

EID: 79961096441     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104923108     Document Type: Article

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