A refined biomonitoring study of airborne particulate matter pollution in Rome, with magnetic measurements on Quercus Ilex tree leaves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-141

  Szönyi, Michael ^a,c   Sagnotti, Leonardo ^b   Hirt, Ann M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Group Risk Engineering   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Rockand mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRAIN SIZE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 41349115539     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03715.x     Document Type: Article

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