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In the period under review (1991-1994), our group has participated in three sampling programs that have been organised in the framework of the EUROTRAC ASE project: the “Mace Head Intercomparison Experiment” (8th-20th April 1991), the “North Sea Experiment” (15th-27th September 1991) and the ASE experiment on the research platform “Nordsee” (lst-22nd September 1992). Also, an extensive aerosol sampling program was accomplished during several research cruises on the North Sea with the R.V. Belgica (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) and at a fixed station at the Belgian coast (1992-1994). Our research was intended to estimate the amount of atmospheric pollutant fluxes to the North Sea and to identify the nature of the particles responsible for this flux. In such a complex study, the combined use of different analytical techniques namely: energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF), total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF), micro-proton induced X-ray emission (micro-PIXE) and electron probe X-ray micro-analysis (EPXMA) was effectively implemented.
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Van Grieken, R., Injuk, J., De Bock, L., Van Malderen, H. (2000). Study of Individual Particle Types and Heavy Metal Deposition for North Sea Aerosols using Micro and Trace Analysis Techniques. In: Larsen, S.E., Fiedler, F., Borrell, P. (eds) Exchange and Transport of Air Pollutants over Complex Terrain and the Sea. Transport and Chemical Transformation of Pollutants in the Troposphere, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57252-4_13
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