Dust concentration and flux in ice cores from the Tibetan Plateau over the past few decades

Guangjian Wu; Tandong Yao; Baiqing Xu; Lide Tian; Chenglong Zhang; Xuelei Zhang

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00457.x

Dust concentration and flux in ice cores from the Tibetan Plateau over the past few decades

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By: Guangjian Wu, Tandong Yao, Baiqing Xu, Lide Tian, Chenglong Zhang and Xuelei Zhang

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