A radiogenic isotope tracer study of transatlantic dust transport from Africa to the Caribbean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-143

  Kumar, A ^a   Abouchami, W ^a,b   Galer, S J G ^a   Garrison, V H ^c   Williams, E ^d   Andreae, M O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Caribbean; Dust; Long range transport; Provenance; Radiogenic isotope tracers

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CARIBBEAN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SILICATES;

STRONTIUM;

LEAD; NEODYMIUM; SILICATE; STRONTIUM; TRACER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE; RAINFOREST; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AFRICA; AIR SAMPLING; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DESERT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; MALI; MAURITANIA; MINERAL DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); VOLCANIC ASH;

AFRICA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 84887207667     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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