Geochemical evidence on the source regions of Tibetan Plateau dusts during non-monsoon period in 2008/09

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 382-388

  Li, Chaoliu ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Gao, Shaopeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dust transportation; Geochemical composition; Snow pit

Indexed keywords

DUST SAMPLES; DUST TRANSPORT; ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; POLLUTION ELEMENTS; SAHARA DESERT; SNOW-PIT; SOURCE REGION; SURFACE SOIL; THAR DESERT; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRANSPORT PATTERNS; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

AIR POLLUTION; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CESIUM; HAFNIUM; LEAD; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SNOW; SODIUM; SOILS; ZIRCONIUM;

DUST;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; LUTETIUM; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SCANDIUM; SNOW; SODIUM; TITANIUM; URANIUM; VANADIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MONSOON; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; DESERT; DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84863493709     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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