Environmental magnetism: Principles and applications

Q Liu, AP Roberts, JC Larrasoaña… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In environmental magnetism, rock and mineral magnetic techniques are used to investigate
the formation, transportation, deposition, and postdepositional alterations of magnetic …

Airborne, vehicle-derived Fe-bearing nanoparticles in the urban environment: a review

T Gonet, BA Maher - Environmental Science & Technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Airborne particulate matter poses a serious threat to human health. Exposure to nanosized
(< 0.1 μm), vehicle-derived particulates may be hazardous due to their bioreactivity, their …

Detection of landscape species as a low-cost biomonitoring study: Cr, Mn, and Zn pollution in an urban air quality

EE Yayla, H Sevik, K Isinkaralar - Environmental monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
Urban air pollution in cities, among the world's most critical problems, has escalated to such
an extent that it threatens human health in many urban centers and causes the death of …

Spatial variation in vehicle-derived metal pollution identified by magnetic and elemental analysis of roadside tree leaves

BA Maher, C Moore, J Matzka - Atmospheric environment, 2008 - Elsevier
Exposure to metal-rich particulate pollution is associated with adverse health outcomes. In
particular, lead has recently been shown to be toxic in young children even at low levels …

Factors influencing the spatial extent of mobile source air pollution impacts: a meta-analysis

Y Zhou, JI Levy - BMC public health, 2007 - Springer
Background There has been growing interest among exposure assessors, epidemiologists,
and policymakers in the concept of" hot spots", or more broadly, the" spatial extent" of …

Atmospheric net particle accumulation on 96 plant species with contrasting morphological and anatomical leaf characteristics in a common garden experiment

S Muhammad, K Wuyts, R Samson - Atmospheric environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces function as biological filters in reducing atmospheric particles. Yet there
is a profound requisite to identify the most effective plant species by their leaf traits that can …

Mitigation impact of roadside trees on fine particle pollution

H Ozdemir - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is an important air pollutant due to its adverse
health effects. Vehicle emissions make a large contribution to particle concentrations in …

Spatial distribution assessment of particulate matter in an urban street canyon using biomagnetic leaf monitoring of tree crown deposited particles

J Hofman, I Stokkaer, L Snauwaert, R Samson - Environmental Pollution, 2013 - Elsevier
Recently, biomagnetic monitoring of tree leaves has proven to be a good estimator for
ambient particulate concentration. This paper investigates the usefulness of biomagnetic …

Study on the correlation of magnetic properties and heavy metals content in urban soils of Hangzhou City, China

SG Lu, SQ Bai - Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2006 - Elsevier
This work studies the correlation between magnetic properties and the content of Cu, Zn, Cd
and Pb in urban soils of Hangzhou, Eastern China. The magnetic measurement shows that …

Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution: a review of magnetic signatures from biological sensors

J Hofman, BA Maher, AR Muxworthy… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution is a growing application in the field of
environmental magnetism. Particulate matter (PM) in atmospheric pollution contains readily …