Iron oxide minerals in dust of the Red Dawn event in eastern Australia, September 2009

Aeolian Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Reynolds, Richard L ^a   Cattle, Stephen R ^b   Moskowitz, Bruce M ^c   Goldstein, Harland L ^a   Yauk, Kimberly ^c   Flagg, Cody B ^d   Berquó, Thelma S ^e   Kokaly, Raymond F ^a   Morman, Suzette ^a   Breit, George N ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e and Exercise Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust magnetic properties; Dust radiative properties; Goethite; Hematite; Iron oxide minerals; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

DUST; DUST STORM; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84908270552     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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