Atmospheric Heavy Metal and Nitrogen Deposition Using Mosses as Biomonitors [PDF]
, 2021 The Special Issue “Atmospheric Heavy Metal and Nitrogen Deposition Using Mosses as Biomonitors” includes a collection of papers related on aspects of passive moss biomonitoring of air quality in various regions of the world regarding the pollution ...
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Spatial distribution and degree of heavy metal pollution in urban roadside dusts from Sanandaj, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2015 Industrial activities and high traffic density are the most important heavy metal pollution sources in urban areas. Roadside dust created by atmospheric deposition can be one of the best indicators for heavy metal contamination levels.
Farshid Ghorbani +4 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Guizhou Province is covered by a large area of carbonate rocks where, with a higher background of heavy metals under the geochemical anomaly, more than 3.6 × 105 ha of heavy metal–contaminated soil in the northwest area is related to historical ...
Enjiang Yu +9 more
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Composition and niche-specific characteristics of microbial consortia colonizing Marsberg copper mine in the Rhenish Massif [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2022 The Kilianstollen Marsberg (Rhenish Massif, Germany) has been extensively mined for copper ores, dating from early medieval period until 1945. The exposed organic-rich alum shale rocks influenced by the diverse mine drainages at an ambient temperature of
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Background levels of heavy metals in surficial sediments of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean): An approach based on 133Cs normalization and lead isotope measurements [PDF]
, 2005 This paper presents an attempt to reach natural background levels of heavy metals in surficial sediments of the Gulf of Lions(NW Mediterranean). To correct for the grain-size effect, normalization procedures based on a clay mineral indicator element are ...
Probst, Jean-Luc +3 more
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Pollution of potentially toxic metals in urban road dust in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Heavy metal contamination in the road dust due to traffic in the capital city of Tajikistan was investigated. Concentrations of potentially toxic elements (Ba, Cu, Cd, Co, Cr, Pb, Ni, Zn and As) in particle size of 63 μm were analyzed.
Nazriddinzoda Khasan +5 more
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Origin and fluxes of atmospheric REE entering an ombrotrophic peat bog in Black Forest (SW Germany): Evidence from snow, lichens and mosses [PDF]
, 2006 The fate of the Rare Earth Elements (REE) were investigated in different types of archives of atmospheric deposition in the Black Forest, Southern Germany: (1) a 70 cm snow pack collected on the domed part of a raised bog and representing 2 months of ...
Le Roux, Gaël +13 more
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Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations [PDF]
, 2004 We performed a risk assessment of metal exposure to population subgroups living on, and growing food on, urban sites. We modeled uptake of cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc for a selection of commonly grown allotment and garden vegetables ...
Moir, Ann M +18 more
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Effects of acid rain on competitive releases of Cd, Cu, and Zn from two natural soils and two contaminated soils in hunan, China [PDF]
, 2007 Leaching experiments of rebuilt soil columns with two simulated acid rain solutions (pH 4.6– 3.8) were conducted for two natural soils and two artificial contaminated soils from Hunan, southcentralChina, to study effects of acid rain on competitive ...
Probst, Jean-Luc +4 more
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Spatial distribution of PAH concentrations and stable isotope signatures (δ13C, δ15N) in mosses from three European areas – Characterization by multivariate analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations and N, C stable isotope signatures were determined in mosses Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. from 61 sites of 3 European regions: Île-de-France (France); Navarra (Spain); the Swiss Plateau and Basel area ...
Foan, Louise +6 more
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