Fingerprinting and tracing the sources of soils and sediments: Earth and ocean science, geoarchaeological, forensic, and human health applications

PN Owens, WH Blake, L Gaspar, D Gateuille… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fine-grained sediment is perhaps the most widespread and pervasive contaminant in
aquatic systems reflecting its role in influencing the quality of the water (eg, turbidity, vector …

Quantitative source apportionment of heavy metal (loid) s in the agricultural soils of an industrializing region and associated model uncertainty

H Yuanan, K He, Z Sun, G Chen, H Cheng - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (loid) s are natural constituents of the Earth's crust, and apportionment of their
sources in surface soils is a challenging task. This study evaluated the application of positive …

Ecotoxicology of heavy metal (loid)-enriched particulate matter: foliar accumulation by plants and health impacts

M Shahid, Natasha, C Dumat, NK Niazi… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2021 - Springer
Atmospheric contamination by heavy metal-enriched particulate matter (metal-PM) is highly
topical nowadays because of its high persistence and toxic nature. Metal-PMs are emitted to …

Ecological and human health hazards of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in road dust of Isfahan metropolis, Iran

N Soltani, B Keshavarzi, F Moore, T Tavakol… - Science of the total …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study investigates trace elements and PAHs content in road dust of Isfahan metropolis,
central Iran. The mean concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb and Zn are 22.15, 2.14 …

Impacts of local vs. trans-boundary emissions from different sectors on PM2. 5 exposure in South Korea during the KORUS-AQ campaign

J Choi, RJ Park, HM Lee, S Lee, DS Jo, JI Jeong… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
High concentrations of PM 2.5 have become a serious environmental issue in South Korea,
which ranked 1st or 2nd among OECD countries in terms of population exposure to PM 2.5 …

Source apportionment of PM2.5 in Seoul, Korea

JB Heo, PK Hopke, SM Yi - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
PM 2.5 samples were collected at a centrally located urban monitoring site in Seoul, Korea,
every third day from March 2003 to December 2006 and analyzed for their chemical …

Source diagnostics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban road runoff, dust, rain and canopy throughfall

W Zhang, S Zhang, C Wan, D Yue, Y Ye, X Wang - Environmental pollution, 2008 - Elsevier
Diagnostic ratios and multivariate analysis were utilized to apportion polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon (PAH) sources for road runoff, road dust, rain and canopy throughfall based on …

Characterization of trace metal particles deposited on some deciduous tree leaves in an urban area

M Tomašević, Z Vukmirović, S Rajšić, M Tasić… - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
In 1996 and 1997 horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) and Turkish hazel (Corulys
colurna L.) leaves were sampled at 2m height in the Belgrade Botanic Garden, located in an …

Ecological and human health risk assessment of heavy metal content of atmospheric dry deposition, a case study: Kermanshah, Iran

S Sobhanardakani - Biological Trace Element Research, 2019 - Springer
The present study was intended to investigate the ecological and human health risk of
cobalt, nickel, and vanadium in the atmospheric dry deposition of the Kermanshah city, Iran …

Metals in particle-size fractions of the soils of five European cities

F Ajmone-Marsan, M Biasioli, T Kralj, H Grčman… - Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
Soils from Aveiro, Glasgow, Ljubljana, Sevilla and Torino have been investigated in view of
their potential for translocation of potentially toxic elements (PTE) to the atmosphere. Soils …