MAJOR INORGANIC SPECIES IN RAIN WATER COLLECTED IN MAJORCA (SPAIN) - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY

Authors
MATEU J FORTEZA R CERDA V
Citation
J. Mateu et al., MAJOR INORGANIC SPECIES IN RAIN WATER COLLECTED IN MAJORCA (SPAIN) - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY, Journal of environmental science and health. Part A: Environmental science and engineering, 31(7), 1996, pp. 1669-1682
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Environmental
Journal title
Journal of environmental science and health. Part A: Environmental science and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
10934529
Volume
31
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1669 - 1682
Database
ISI
SICI code
1093-4529(1996)31:7<1669:MISIRW>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Major inorganic species (chloride, nitrate, sulphate, calcium, magnesi um, sodium and potassium) were determined in rain water samples collec ted on Majorca island (north-western Mediterranean region) between Nov ember 1992 and November 1994. The results reveal marked temporal chang es in the contents of all the species studied and an inverse proportio nality relationship between concentration and rainfall. The total annu al deposition of most of the analytes occurs largely in a few samples. Wet deposition was found to prevail over dry deposition (the latter w as roughly one-fourth the former).