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210Pb in surface air at Enewetak and the Asian dust flux to the Pacific

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As part of the SEAREX programme, an air filter system and a precipitation collector were deployed at Enewetak (11°20′ N, 162°20′ E). A description of the air filter system and initial results on the chemical composition of the collected aerosols1 and on the organic components2 have been reported elsewhere. As part of the same programme we have measured 210Pb (and 210Po) in air filter and integrated monthly precipitation samples collected during 1979 to estimate the 210Pb flux (0.15±0.02 d.p.m. cm−2 yr−1) and the Asian dust flux (38±20 µg cm−2 yr−1) at this location in the Pacific.

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  1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Box 6666, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, USA

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Turekian, K., Cochran, J. 210Pb in surface air at Enewetak and the Asian dust flux to the Pacific. Nature 292, 522–524 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292522a0

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