Articles | Volume 16, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12397-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12397-2016
Research article
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04 Oct 2016
Research article |  | 04 Oct 2016

Mineralogical properties and internal structures of individual fine particles of Saharan dust

Gi Young Jeong, Mi Yeon Park, Konrad Kandler, Timo Nousiainen, and Osku Kemppinen

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Individual Saharan dust particles were investigated by transmission electron microscopy of cross-sectional slices. We classified internal structures, and determined the volume of iron oxide included in the dust particles, the iron content of clay minerals, and the shape of the dust particles. The mineralogical and structural properties of single dust particles provide a basis for the modeling of dust optical properties and the supply of iron as a micronutrient to remote ocean ecosystem.
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