Physicochemical characteristics and sources of atmospheric dust deposition in snow packs on the glaciers of Western Qilian Mountains, China

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dong, Zhiwen ^a,b   Qin, Dahe ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Chen, Jizu ^b,c   Cui, Xiaoqing ^a   Du, Zhiheng ^a   Qin, Xiang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qilian Mountain Glacier and Ecological Environment Research Station   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dust; Dust source; Estern qilian mountains; Glacier melting; Physicochemical characteristics; SEM EDX

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DUST; DUST STORM; FLY ASH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POINT SOURCE; RADIATION BUDGET; SEMIARID REGION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOWPACK; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; GLACIER; MELTING; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; BADANJILIN DESERT; LAOHUGOU GLACIER; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84894446129     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v66.20956     Document Type: Article

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