HOW SAHARAN DUST FEEDS THE AMAZON

Описание: How Saharan dust from Chad's Bodélé Depression crosses the Atlantic to resupply phosphorus to the Amazon rainforest.

Sources
Yu et al., 2015, Geophysical Research Letters, 'The fertilizing role of African dust in the Amazon rainforest: A first multiyear assessment based on CALIPSO'
Yu et al., 2015, Geophysical Research Letters
Yu et al., 2015, Geophysical Research Letters
Yu et al., 2015, Geophysical Research Letters
Yu et al., 2015, Geophysical Research Letters
Koren et al., 2006, Environmental Research Letters, 'The Bodélé depression: a single spot in the Sahara that provides most of the mineral dust to the Amazon forest'
Bristow, Drake & Armitage, 2009, Geomorphology, 'Deflation in the dustiest place on Earth: The Bodélé Depression, Chad'
Schlesinger & Bernhardt, 2013, 'Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change', 3rd ed., phosphorus cycle chapter

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