Aerosol iron solubility in a semi-arid region: temporal trend and impact of anthropogenic sources

Ashwini Kumar; M. M. Sarin

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00448.x

Aerosol iron solubility in a semi-arid region: temporal trend and impact of anthropogenic sources

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 62 (2010): Issue 2

By: Ashwini Kumar and M. M. Sarin

Open Access

|Jan 2010

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