Constituents of a remote pacific marine aerosol: A tem study

Mihály Pósfai; James R. Anderson; P R Buseck; Tom W. Shattuck; Neil W. Tindale

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Constituents of a remote pacific marine aerosol: A tem study

Mihály Pósfai, James R. Anderson, P R Buseck, Tom W. Shattuck, Neil W. Tindale

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Marine aerosol particles from the Equatorial Pacific were studied using transmission electron microscopy. Sea-salt aggregates consist largely of NaCl and Na-Ca sulfate crystals. Variations in the composition of sea-salt aggregates occur, and these may reflect the effects of relative humidity. There are several species of submicron, S-bearing particles, presumably including ammonium sulfate and strong acids. Diatom fragments are common, and sparse kaolinite and rutile crystals are the mineral component of this marine aerosol. The samples we studied appeared to be free of obvious anthropogenic effects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1747-1756
Number of pages	10
Journal	Atmospheric Environment
Volume	28
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/1352-2310(94)90137-6
State	Published - Jun 1994

Keywords

Equatorial Pacific
FeLINE-1 cruise
Marine aerosol particles
energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry
selected-area electron-diffraction
transmission electron microscopy

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Environmental Science(all)
Atmospheric Science

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