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Chemical signature of Saharan dust on dry and wet atmospheric deposition in the south-western Mediterranean region Cover

Chemical signature of Saharan dust on dry and wet atmospheric deposition in the south-western Mediterranean region

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.18720 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 18720 - 18720
Submitted on: May 9, 2012
Accepted on: Jan 29, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Saharan dust,
dry deposition,
wet deposition,
major ions,
rain-dust interactions

© 2013 Rafael Morales-Baquero, Elvira Pulido-Villena, Isabel Reche, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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