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Use of lichen transplants in atmospheric deposition studies

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Transplants of the lichen Parmelia sulcata were suspended in nylonbags in a region within a rectangle of 15 km wide and 25 km long on a grid2.5 km × 2.5 km, centred in a oil powered station. In each of the 47places, two sets of four transplants each were hung in a system that rotatesaccording to the wind direction. One set was always facing the wind and theother downwind. Every three months for a 9-month period one transplant fromeach set was collected. The transplants were analysed by instrumental neutronactivation analysis (INAA) and proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE). The transplantbehavior according to the different exposure to the wind is investigated,and some emission sources are identified.

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  1. ITN - Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Apartado 21, 2686-953, Sacavém, Portugal

    M. C. Freitas, M. A. Reis & A. P. Marques

  2. IRI – TU Delft, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB, Delft, The Netherlands

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Freitas, M., Reis, M., Marques, A. et al. Use of lichen transplants in atmospheric deposition studies. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 249, 307–315 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013229511154

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