Characteristics of dust deposited along a transect between central Iran and the Zagros Mountains

Catena

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-36

  Hojati, Saeid ^a   Khademi, Hossein ^a   Faz Cano, Angel ^b   Landi, Ahmad ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dust; Mineralogy; Palygorskite; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMETER; DUST STORM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; ION; MINERALOGY; PALYGORSKITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL PROPERTY; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 80053446750     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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