Preliminary magnetic studies of lagoon and stream sediments from Chascomús Area (Argentina) - Magnetic parameters as indicators of heavy metal pollution and some results of using an experimental method to separate magnetic phases

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-43

  Chaparro, Marcos A E ^a   Lirio, Juan M ^b   Nuñez, Héctor ^b   Gogorza, Claudia S G ^a   Sinito, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Backfield IRM and AF demagnetisation; Coercivity of remanence; Environmental magnetism; Hard and soft magnetic phases; Magnetic parameters; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; REMANENCE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; STREAM FLOW;

BACKFIELD IRM AND AF DEMAGNETIZATION; COERCIVITY OF REMANENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; HARD AND SOFT MAGNETIC PHASES; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS;

WATER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; LAKE CHASCOMUS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27944506003     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0049-4     Document Type: Article

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