Wet deposition flux of trace elements to the Adirondack region


Huang X., Keskin S., GÜLLÜ G., Olmez I.

JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, cilt.247, sa.2, ss.317-323, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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Wet deposition samples from two locations in the Adirondack region of New York were analyzed for trace elemental composition by instrumental neutron activation analysis. Annual fluxes of the measured species were determined by precipitation-weighted and linear-regression methods. Despite several episodes of high deposition fluxes, the cumulative areal wet deposition of trace elements increased fairly linearly (r(2)>0.9) over the two year sampling period at both sites. This implies that short duration sampling programs may be used to estimate long-term fluxes and cumulative wet deposition impacts. Based on the magnitude of their fluxes. the measured species have been divided into four groups: acidic onions, electroneutral balancing cations. and minor and trace elements anthropogenic origin.