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Ice core insights into the morphology and composition of mineral dust deposited in the tropical Peruvian Andes
Austin M. Weber
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School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Stanislav Kutuzov
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Emilie Beaudon
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
M. Roxana Sierra-Hernández
Department of Physical & Environmental Science, Texas A&M University–Corpus Cristi, Corpus Cristi, TX 78412, USA
Mary Davis
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Laurel H. Bayless
Department of Earth Science, University of Colorado–Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado–Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Don Kenny
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Lonnie G. Thompson
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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We investigated the physical characteristics (sizes, shapes, and composition) of mineral dust particles preserved in a Peruvian ice core to gain insights into what has been deposited since 1960. We show that the dust originates from a mix of local and distal source areas and note that the information reported in our study has important implications for reconstructing dust emissions and circulation patterns, as well as for estimating the dust’s radiative impacts.
We investigated the physical characteristics (sizes, shapes, and composition) of mineral dust...
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