Magnetic studies and scanning electron microscopy - X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy analyses of road sediments, soils and vehicle-derived emissions

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 633-650

  Chaparro, Marcos A E ^a   Marié, Débora C ^a,b   Gogorza, Claudia S G ^a   Navas, Ana ^c   Sinito, Ana M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

atmospheric pollution; diesel gas soot; magnetic proxies; PM vehicle emissions; wear particles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROAD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOOT; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SPHERULES;

EID: 78650212493     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-010-0038-2     Document Type: Article

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