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The chemical composition (43 elements) of aerosols is reviewed for the Caspian Sea based on nine samples taken in the winter and autumn of 2005. The aerosols are considered as geological material incoming to the sea from the atmosphere. The major aerosol components are distinguished and the degree of the concentration is calculated for a series of trace elements relative to their contents in the lithosphere. Se, Cd, Sb, Au, and Pb are concentrated by one-two orders of magnitude, which is related to the pollution. A correlation matrix is given for the studied elements, and their relations with the major components of the aerosols are revealed.
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Original Russian Text © V.N. Lukashin, A.N. Novigatsky, 2013, published in Okeanologiya, 2013, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 813–824.
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Lukashin, V.N., Novigatsky, A.N. Chemical composition of aerosols in the near-water surface atmospheric layer of the central Caspian Sea in the winter and autumn of 2005. Oceanology 53, 727–738 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437013050093
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