An estimate of the dry deposition of trace elements onto the coastal margin of the mediterranean sea from the Fos/mer industrial area

Abstract

From recently estimated atmospheric emissions data of the Fos/mer industrial complex, we attempted to estimate the impact of such a source of heavy metals on the northern coastal margin of the Mediterranean Sea. The contribution of these emissions to the particulate dry deposition onto this region is predicted with the help of a semi‐box semi‐gaussian transport and deposition model. The model predictions suggest that the dry deposition flux from this single source may be a major fraction of the total atmospheric flux over the first hundred kilometers from the coast line.