Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Ion Separation in Bursting Air Bubbles : an Explanation for the Irregular Ion Ratios in Atmospheric Precipitations

Nature volume 209, pages 802–803 (1966)Cite this article

Abstract

IT is well known that a considerable part of the soluble salts present in soil, lakes and rivers is derived from rainwater1. There is little doubt that the salt content in the rainwater comes mainly from ocean water spray, which is carried into the atmosphere from the surface of the sea, where tiny droplets are formed by air jets shooting out of the top of bursting air bubbles2.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Gorham, E., Irish Naturalists' J., 12, 1 (1957).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Mason, B. T., Nature, 174, 470 (1954).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Sugawara, K., and Kawasaki, N., Records of Oceanographic Works in Japan, special No. 2, 227 (March 1958).

  4. Martin, H., and Lübke, H. J., Z. Naturforsch., 19a, 115 (1964).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Kaplan, D., and Schnerb, J., Anal. Chem., 30, 1703 (1958).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Behne, W., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 3, 208 (1953).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Selivanoff, L. S., Trudy Biogeokhim. Labor. Akad. Nauk, 5, 132 (1939).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Eriksson, E., Tellus, 12, 63 (1960).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Wilson, A. T., Nature, 184, 99 (1959).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratories of Dead Sea Works, Ltd., Jerusalem and Negev Institute for Arid Zone Research, Beer-Sheva

    M. R. BLOCH, D. KAPLAN, V. KERTES & J. SCHNERB

Authors
  1. M. R. BLOCH
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. KAPLAN
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. KERTES
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. J. SCHNERB
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

BLOCH, M., KAPLAN, D., KERTES, V. et al. Ion Separation in Bursting Air Bubbles : an Explanation for the Irregular Ion Ratios in Atmospheric Precipitations. Nature 209, 802–803 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209802a0

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/209802a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing