The nature and early history of airborne dust from North Africa; in particular the Lake Chad basin

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Evans, R D ^a   Jefferson, I F ^a   Kumar, R ^a   O'Hara Dhand, K ^a   Smalley, Ian J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Airborne dust; CMA dust; Dust; Dust mineralogy; Event classification; Large dust; Monte Carlo packing model; Silt; Small dust

Indexed keywords

DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE CHAD; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8144220672     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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