Characteristics of TSP Loads during the Middle East Springtime Dust Storm (MESDS) in Western Iran

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5367-5381

  Najafi, Mohammad Saeed ^a   Khoshakhllagh, Faramarz ^b   Zamanzadeh, Seyed Mohammad ^b   Shirazi, Mohammad Hassan ^c   Samadi, Mahdi ^b   Hajikhani, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Dust storm; Microorganism; Mineralogy; West and southwest of Iran

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINERALOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SUSPENDED LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

IRAN;

EID: 84911805348     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-1086-z     Document Type: Article

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