An extreme wind erosion event of the fresh Eyjafjallajökull 2010 volcanic ash

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Arnalds, Olafur ^a   Thorarinsdottir, Elin Fjola ^b   Thorsson, Johann ^b   Waldhauserova, Pavla Dagsson ^a,b   Agustsdottir, Anna Maria ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Soil Conservation Service of Iceland   (Iceland)

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EID: 84874289852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01257     Document Type: Article

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