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Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of tropical atmospheric aerosols: sources and contribution from burning of C3 and C4 plants to organic aerosols Cover

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of tropical atmospheric aerosols: sources and contribution from burning of C3 and C4 plants to organic aerosols

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1
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|Jan 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.20176 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 20176 - 20176
Submitted on: Nov 27, 2012
Accepted on: Nov 29, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
PM2.5 and PM10,
aerosols,
isotopic composition of total carbon and nitrogen,
C3 and C4 plants,
Tanzania

© 2014 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Kimitaka Kawamura, Eri Tachibana, Pingqing Fu, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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