Beryllium-7 atmospheric deposition and soil inventory on the northern Loess Plateau of China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-184

  Zhang, Fengbao ^a,b   Zhang, Bo ^b   Yang, Mingyi ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

7Be; Deposition flux; Loess Plateau; Soil inventory

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DEPOSITION FLUXES; LOESS PLATEAU; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; SAMPLING TIME; SOIL INVENTORIES; UNDISTURBED SOILS; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BERYLLIUM; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SOILS;

DEPOSITION;

BERYLLIUM 7;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; EMISSION INVENTORY; LOESS; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIONUCLIDE; SEASONALITY; SOIL EROSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEW; DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL INVENTORY; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84878731006     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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