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Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology Volume 56, 2004 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Transport of crustal microparticles from Chilean Patagonia to the Antarctic Peninsula by SEM-EDS analysis

Kely Cristine Dalia PereiraLaboratório de Radioecologia, LCR/DBB/IBRAG/Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Pavilh˜ao Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha, Subsolo, Rua S˜ao Francisco Xavier 524, Maracan˜a, 20550–013 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil;
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Heitor EvangelistaLaboratório de Radioecologia, LCR/DBB/IBRAG/Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Pavilh˜ao Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha, Subsolo, Rua S˜ao Francisco Xavier 524, Maracan˜a, 20550–013 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil;Correspondence[email protected]
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Enio Bueno PereiraLaboratório de Radioecologia, LCR/DBB/IBRAG/Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Pavilh˜ao Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha, Subsolo, Rua S˜ao Francisco Xavier 524, Maracan˜a, 20550–013 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil;
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Jefferson Cardia SimõesInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Av. dos Astronautas 1758, Cx. Postal 515, 12201 970 S˜ao Josë dos Campos-SP, Brazil;
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Erling JohnsonLaboratório de Pesquisas Antárticas e Glaciológicas/Departamento de Geografia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonc¸alves 9500, 91501–970 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil;
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Leticia Rodrigues MeloUniversidad Magalla˜nes, Instituto de Fisica, Cassila 113-D,Punta Arenas, Chile
Pages 262-275 | Received 28 Feb 2003, Accepted 04 Feb 2004, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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