Magnetic properties of urban street dust and their relationship with organic matter content in the West Midlands, UK

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3651-3659

  Shilton, V F ^a   Booth, C A ^b   Smith, J P ^b   Giess, P ^a   Mitchell, D J ^b   Williams, C D ^b  

^a Competitiveness Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pollutants; Data correlation; Diesel emissions; Environmental magnetism; Public health; Top soil

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC MATTERS; TOP-SOILS; URBAN STREET DUSTS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; ORGANIC MATTER; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETISM; ORGANIC DUST; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444438232     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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