Loess
Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Others
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Clay
Origin
Loess collected in Hungary.
Main constituent
K-feldspar, illite, quartz, calcite, chlorite, albite
Practical significance
Interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells.
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
3.9
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
2.6
Size distribution plot:
Size distribution table
Imaging
SEM
SEM/TEM images:
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
441.60 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (2) table
Scattering matrix (2) plot:
Refractive index
Estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Reference/s