Detecting atmospheric pollution in surface soils using magnetic measurements: A reappraisal using an England and Wales database

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2878-2890

  Blundell, A ^a   Hannam, J A ^b   Dearing, J A ^c   Boyle, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b National Soil Resources Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England Wales; Environmental magnetism; Metals; Pollution; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COARSE-GRAINED; DATA SETS; ENGLAND; ENGLAND/WALES; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; FERRIMAGNETIC MINERALS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SUSCEPTIBILITY; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; LOW-FIELD MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC POLLUTION; MULTI DOMAINS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SINGLE DOMAINS; SURFACE SOIL; TOPSOIL; URBAN AREAS;

AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL FUELS; LEAD; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; ZINC;

MAGNETISM;

COPPER; FOSSIL FUEL; LEAD; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; DATABASE; GEOMAGNETISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; THRESHOLD; TOPSOIL; TRACER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAGNETISM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEDOGENESIS (SOIL); REFERENCE VALUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; MAGNETICS; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WALES;

EID: 67849133183     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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