Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of Soil Dust from Asia to the Tropical North Pacific: Temporal Variability
- 26 September 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 209 (4464), 1522-1524
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.209.4464.1522
Abstract
The concentration of airborne soil dust at Enewetak Atoll(11°N, 162°E) in April 1979 was 2.3 micrograms per cubic meter but decreased steadily to 0.02 microgram per cubic meter over the next 5 months. The spring dust is probably derived from China; its deposition rate (∼0.3 millimeter per 1000 years) suggests that it may be a significant contributor to the deep-sea sediments of the North Pacific.Keywords
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