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Some Data on Elemental Composition of Airborne Particulate Matter in the Northern Negev Desert, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Zvi Y. Offer  and
Yosef Steinberger
Zvi Y. Offer
Affiliation:
Meteorological Unit, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
Yosef Steinberger
Affiliation:
Professor of Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
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Airbone particulate samples were collected during 1989 in the northern Negev desert, Israel, using two Sierra ultra-high-volume dust samplers with cascade impactors on glass-fibre filters. A total of 12 elements were detected, of which only eight were present in relatively high concentrations, as was indicated by using an x-ray spectra XL-LINK system. During the study period, the mean annual airborne concentration was 102 μg·m−3, with a minimum and maximum concentration of 0.17 and 1.376 μg·m−3 per 12 hours, respectively. Eight elements (A1, Si, Ca, S, K, Cl, Fe, and Ti) were found in relatively high concentrations.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , Winter 1994 , pp. 342 - 346
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1994

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