@article{oai:naruto.repo.nii.ac.jp:00025385, author = {AHMADIAN, Jamshid and 村田, 守 and MURATA, Mamoru and AMINOROAYAEI, YAMINI Maryam and 小澤, 大成 and OZAWA, Hiroaki and 香西, 武 and KOZAI, Takeshi and 足立, 奈津子 and ADACHI, Natsuko and 西村, 宏 and NISHIMURA, Hiroshi}, journal = {鳴門教育大学学校教育研究紀要, Bulletin of Center for Collaboration in Community Naruto University of Education}, month = {Feb}, note = {Middle Earth, including Iran, Iraq, China and Syria has been recognized as one of the most important primary sources of dust. Intensive investigations have been conducted to study the chemical composition, sources and deposition of Middle Earth particles. However, analysis of individual Middle Earth particles show that about one fifth of all the particles are mineral aggregates, and at least one fourth of the particles contain sulfur. X-ray diffraction (XRD) is used to quantify the phase and the clay mineral compositions of Middle Earth samples. Phases in the Middle Earth sample collected during the 20 March 2002 dust storm episode included clay minerals, noncrystalline materials, quartz, calcite, plagioclase, potassium feldspar, pyrite, hornblende, and gypsum in descending order. Clay minerals are mainly illite/smectite mixed layers (78%), followed by illite (9%), kaolinite (6%), and chlorite (7%). Particulate matter (PM) less than 10 mm are enriched with clay minerals and deficient with quartz by mass compared with the total suspended particulates collected during an Middle Earth episode. The PM less than 10 mm collected during the two severe dust storm episodes is characterized by the absence of dolomite, high quartz/clay ratio, and dominance of illite/smectite mixed layers in clay minerals.}, pages = {75--86}, title = {Environmental impacts and mineralogical characteristics of dust storm in Middle-East}, volume = {31}, year = {2016}, yomi = {ムラタ, マモル and オザワ, ヒロアキ and コウザイ, タケシ and アダチ, ナツコ and ニシムラ, ヒロシ} }