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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 34,
L14405,
doi:10.1029/2007GL029922,
2007
Atmospheric bromine flux from the coastal Abu Dhabi sabkhat: A ground-water mass-balance investigation
Warren W. Wood
Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Scientist Emeritus, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA
Ward E. Sanford
U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA
Abstract
A solute mass-balance study of ground water of the 3000 km2 coastal sabkhat (salt flats) of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, documents an annual bromide loss of approximately
255 metric tons (0.0032 Gmoles), or 85 kg/km2. This value is an order of magnitude greater than previously published direct measurements from the atmosphere over an evaporative
environment of a salar in Bolivia. Laboratory evidence, consistent with published reports, suggests that this loss is by vapor
transport to the atmosphere. If this bromine flux to the atmosphere is representative of the total earth area of active salt
flats then it is a significant, and generally under recognized, input to the global atmospheric bromide flux.
Received 7
March
2007;
accepted 22
June
2007;
published 31
July
2007.
Keywords: bromine;
sabkha;
Abu Dhabi.
Index Terms: 1065 Geochemistry: Major and trace element geochemistry; 1051 Geochemistry: Sedimentary geochemistry; 1631 Global Change: Land/atmosphere interactions (1218, 1843, 3322); 1843 Hydrology: Land/atmosphere interactions (1218, 1631, 3322); 3322 Atmospheric Processes: Land/atmosphere interactions (1218, 1631, 1843).
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Citation: Wood, W. W., and W. E. Sanford
(2007),
Atmospheric bromine flux from the coastal Abu Dhabi sabkhat: A ground-water mass-balance investigation,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
34,
L14405,
doi:10.1029/2007GL029922.
This paper is not subject to U.S. copyright. Published in 2007 by the
American Geophysical Union.
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