Depositional fluxes and concentrations of 7Be and 210Pb in bulk precipitation and aerosols at the interface of Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts in Spain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Lozano, R L ^a   San Miguel, E G ^a   Bolivar J P ^a   Baskaran, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL MEAN; BULK PRECIPITATION; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SPRING SEASON; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; STUDY SITES; SUMMER MONTHS;

LEAD;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 80053587780     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015675     Document Type: Article

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