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Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2019 Oct 1;214:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.116883. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.116883

Table 3:

Anthropogenic emissions of trace metals over North America in the standard simulation with halved anthropogenic fugitive dust (AFD) emissions for crustal elements in the U.S. and a fivefold increase in As and Pb emissions as discussed in the main text.

Anthropogenic emissions U.S. sectoral fractions in anthropogenic emissions (%)

US (Gg) Canada (Gg) AFD Industry Transportation Power plants Residential combustion Agricultural fires

Si 124 51 63 24 2 12 < 1 < 1
K 45 7 17 59 < 1 2 7 14
Al 42 17 65 12 1 22 < 1 < 1
Ca 35 10 59 19 4 18 < 1 < 1
Fe 32 13 62 14 9 14 < 1 < 1
Mg 4.8 0.6 33 22 41 2 1 2
Ti 4.1 0.8 43 37 2 17 < 1 < 1
Mn 0.9 0.2 56 36 3 5 < 1 < 1
Pb 1.7 3.6E-02 - - - - - -
As 0.31 1.6E-03 - - - - - -
Ni 0.27 2.0E-03 - - - - - -
Cd 0.016 6.4E-04 - - - - - -