April-may 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic fallout over Rimini, Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-128

  Rossini, Paolo ^a   Molinaroli, Emanuela ^b   De Falco, Giovanni ^c   Fiesoletti, Federica ^a   Papa, Stefano ^d   Pari, Elena ^a   Renzulli, Alberto ^d   Tentoni, Pierpaolo ^a   Testoni, Alessio ^a   Valentini, Laura ^d   Matteucci, Gabriele ^a  

^a Istituto di Ricerca Gruppo CSA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosperic bulk deposition chemistry; Eyjafjallaj kull ash cloud; Grain size; Icelandic tephra; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ASH PLUMES; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BULK DEPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CONTENT; EARLINET; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; GRAIN SIZE; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE ALTITUDES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; SOUTHERN ITALY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC EMISSION;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BROMINE; CERIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FALLOUT; FLUORINE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; TERBIUM; TIN; VANADIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

VOLCANOES;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FALLOUT; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ICELAND; ITALY; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; VOLCANO;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND; ITALY; RIMINI [EMILIA-ROMAGNA];

EID: 84855961220     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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