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Asian dustfall in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada

Date

Authors

Zdanowicz, Christian

Hall, Gwendy

Vaive, Judy

Amelin, Yuri

Percival, Jeanne

Girard, Isabelle

Biscaye, Pierre

Bory, Aloys

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

In April 2001, a major atmospheric dustfall event occurred in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada. Field samples were collected and analyzed for particle size, mineralogy, chemical composition and Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes. Dusts found above ∼

Keywords

Keywords: aerosol; chemical composition; dust; isotopic analysis; mineralogy; particle size; Asia; China; Eurasia; Far East; Gobi Desert; Nei Monggol; North America; Saint Elias Mountains Asian dust; Geochemical fluxes; Mineral aerosols; North Pacific; Snow chemistry

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36980

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.gca.2006.05.005

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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