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Biogenic lipids in particulates from the lower atmosphere over the eastern Atlantic

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Higher plant wax is demonstrated in aeolian dusts, showing the potential of aeolian transport in contributing significant amounts of terrestrial organic lipids to the marine environment over geological time periods.

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  1. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024

    Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  2. Department of Oceanography, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    R. Chester

  3. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    G. Eglinton

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