Cave aerosols: Distribution and contribution to speleothem geochemistry

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-41

  Dredge, Jonathan ^a   Fairchild, Ian J ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a,b   Fernandez Cortes, Angel ^c   Sanchez Moral, Sergio ^c   Jurado, Valme ^d   Gunn, John ^a   Smith, Andrew ^e   Spötl, Christoph ^f   Mattey, Dave ^g   Wynn, Peter M ^e   Grassineau, Nathalie ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport; Aerosols; Bacteria; Bioaccumulation; Bioaerosols; Cave aerosols; Cave ventilation; Dry deposition; Fungi; Geochemistry; Speleothem; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DEPOSITION; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; AUSTRIA; BIOAEROSOLS; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MASS BALANCE; MORPHOLOGY EFFECT; SLOW GROWTH; SPELEOTHEM;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAVES; FUNGI; GEOCHEMISTRY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CAVE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIATUS; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT; VENTILATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84872257577     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.016     Document Type: Review

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