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Original Articles

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

Guangjian WuKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Tandong YaoKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Lanzhou 730000, China
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Baiqing XuKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Lide TianKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Lanzhou 730000, China
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Chenglong ZhangKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Xuelei ZhangKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Pages 197-206 | Received 24 Nov 2009, Accepted 08 Apr 2010, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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