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. 2010 Mar 8;107(12):5311–5316. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0901168107

Table 3.

Summary of Inline graphic concentrations and τoverall estimated using Eq. [9] and Inline graphic

Sample date dpm per sample Inline graphic τoverall (days)
SFV
7/21/2008 4.80 ± 0.19 436 ± 17 10.6 ± 0.4
7/25/2008 9.03 ± 0.18 820 ± 16 20.0 ± 0.4
7/28/2008 6.21 ± 0.17 565 ± 16 13.8 ± 0.4
8/1/2008 10.07 ± 0.19 915 ± 18 22.3 ± 0.4
SIO
7/21/2008 0.10 ± 0.19 9 ± 17 0.2 ± 0.4
7/25/2008 1.19 ± 0.17 108 ± 15 2.6 ± 0.4
7/28/2008 2.02 ± 0.19 184 ± 17 4.5 ± 0.4
8/1/2008 1.81 ± 0.14 165 ± 12 4.0 ± 0.3

Air volume per sample (Vair) was equal to 2,000 m3 and the total number of 35S(35N) in each sample was determined using the relationship: Inline graphic, where Inline graphic is the radioactive-decay half-life of 35S expressed in minutes and dpm is the measured activity of the sample in units of disintegrations per minute. The air volume concentrations of 35S were calculated as Inline graphic.