Assessment of heavy metal contamination of dustfall in northern China from integrated chemical and magnetic investigation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-193

  Qiao, Qingqing ^a,b   Huang, Baochun ^b,c   Zhang, Chunxia ^b   Piper, John D A ^d   Pan, Yuepeng ^e   Sun, Ying ^f  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^f CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Dustfall; Environmental magnetism; Heavy metals; Northern China

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; DUSTFALL; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; FINE GRAINED MAGNETITES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; NORTHERN CHINA; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HEAVY METALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PARAMAGNETISM; RURAL AREAS;

POLLUTION;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; MAGNETITE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DUST; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; ORE BODY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; MAGNETISM; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84876708182     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.039     Document Type: Article

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