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Science 17 January 1969:
Vol. 163. no. 3864, pp. 277 - 279
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3864.277
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Eolian Origin of Quartz in Soils of Hawaiian Islands and in Pacific Pelagic Sediments

R. W. Rex 1, J. K. Syers 2, M. L. Jackson 2, and R. N. Clayton 3

1 Department of Geology, University of California, Riverside
2 Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
3 Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinoi

The particle-size distribution and oxygen-isotopic composition of quartz isolated from Hawaiian soils, east-central Pacific sediments, and tropospheric dusts are remarkably uniform. A common origin and tropospheric transport from continental land masses is suggested.


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