[HTML][HTML] The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

N Mahowald, S Albani, JF Kok, S Engelstaeder… - Aeolian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The global cycle of desert dust aerosols responds strongly to climate and human
perturbations, and, in turn, impacts climate and biogeochemistry. Here we focus on desert …

A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system

A Adebiyi, JF Kok, BJ Murray, CL Ryder, JBW Stuut… - Aeolian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineral dust particles suspended in the atmosphere span more than three orders of
magnitude in diameter, from< 0.1 µm to more than 100 µm. This wide size range makes dust …

The mysterious long-range transport of giant mineral dust particles

M Van Der Does, P Knippertz, P Zschenderlein… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Giant mineral dust particles (> 75 μm in diameter) found far from their source have long
puzzled scientists. These wind-blown particles affect the atmosphere's radiation balance …

[LIVRE][B] Desert dust in the global system

AS Goudie, NJ Middleton - 2006 - books.google.com
Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a
vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling …

Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

BA Maher, JM Prospero, D Mackie, D Gaiero… - Earth-Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Palaeo-dust records in sediments and ice cores show that wind-borne mineral aerosol
('dust') is strongly linked with climate state. During glacial climate stages, for example, the …

Twenty years of XRF core scanning marine sediments: what do geochemical proxies tell us?

RG Rothwell, I Croudace - Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores …, 2015 - Springer
XRF core scanners, with their rapid and non-destructive analytical capability, have now
been used for two decades in the analysis of marine sediments. Initially they were used to …

Chapter fourteen elemental proxies for palaeoclimatic and palaeoceanographic variability in marine sediments: interpretation and application

SE Calvert, TF Pedersen - Developments in marine geology, 2007 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the elemental proxies for palaeoclimatic and
palaeoceanographic variability in marine sediments. Physical and biological processes …

Bulk composition of northern African dust and its source sediments—A compilation

D Scheuvens, L Schütz, K Kandler, M Ebert… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of bulk compositional data of northern African dust and its
potential source sediments and includes elemental, isotope and mineralogical data …

Recent progress in understanding physical and chemical properties of African and Asian mineral dust

P Formenti, L Schütz, Y Balkanski… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
This paper presents a review of recently acquired knowledge on the physico-chemical
properties of mineral dust from Africa and Asia based on data presented and discussed …

Improved dust representation in the Community Atmosphere Model

S Albani, NM Mahowald, AT Perry… - Journal of Advances …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol‐climate interactions constitute one of the major sources of uncertainty in assessing
changes in aerosol forcing in the anthropocene as well as understanding glacial‐interglacial …