Mapping particulate pollution loads using soil magnetometry in urban forests in the Upper Silesia Industrial Region, Poland

Magiera, Tadeusz; Strzyszcz, Z.; Rachwał, Marzena

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.034

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“…The detection method is suitable only for areas with a strong impact of industrial emissions, since a natural enrichment of magnetic substances as result of (1) geochemical processes and (2) activity of microorganism in humus layers is also reported from nonindustrial areas and might blur the effect of minor fly-ash deposition (Le Borgne 1955;Scollar 1965;Thompson and Oldfield 1986;Faßbinder 1994;Jong de et al 2005;Magiera et al 2007).…”

Section: Magnetic Susceptibility Measurementmentioning

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Testing a Soil Magnetometry Technique in a Highly Polluted Industrial Region in North-Eastern Germany

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Lorz²,

Makeschin

2008

Water Air Soil Pollut

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The paper presents the results of a study in the region Dübener Heide (Central Germany) testing the suitability of field measurements of magnetic susceptibility for the detection of historical fly-ash deposition. The measurements supported the verification of historically documented deposition zones along an emission gradient. Mean values, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation can be used to characterize the former deposition zones, although the study revealed several problems, which will be the subject of future work: (1) the volume susceptibility measurements used in the study do not allow the calculation of the actual fly-ash amount stored in the soil and thus must be calibrated with correction factors from laboratory measurements; and (2) measurements in regions with similar conditions but without fly-ash deposition are needed to obtain reference values for the natural range of magnetic susceptibility.

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Section: Magnetic Susceptibility Measurementmentioning

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Testing a Soil Magnetometry Technique in a Highly Polluted Industrial Region in North-Eastern Germany

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Lorz²,

Makeschin

2008

Water Air Soil Pollut

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“…This method is a fast, non-intrusive, and cost-efficient screening technique to be applied as a preliminary tool before the application of other time-and cost-consuming techniques such as analytical chemistry or geochemistry. The effective use of magnetic measurements in studying industrial pollution was proved in several studies (Strzyszcz 1993;Strzyszcz et al 1996;Heller et al 1998;Magiera et al 2007;Kapička et al 2008). Therefore, these studies expand the application of magnetic methods in various study cases representing advanced environmental investigations of soil (Hoffman et al 1999), air (Muxworthy et al 2002), and vegetations (Matzka and Maher 1999).…”

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Magnetic, Geochemical, and Microstructural Characteristics of Road Dust on Roadsides with Different Traffic Volumes—Case Study from Finland

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Magiera

Pesonen

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The combination of magnetic, geochemical, and microstructural methods was used to characterize road dust properties in roadside soils of two sites in southern Finland: a highway (Tuusula no. 45, high traffic volume) and a local road (Mikkeli no. 13, low traffic volume). Significant differences in horizontal (κ) and vertical (χ) distribution of magnetic susceptibility were observed in the investigated roadside soils. These variations were concluded to be mostly associated to traffic volume, which is considered to be a major factor that determines the degree of particle emissions derived from vehicle traffic. Magnetic parameters of hysteresis, isothermal remanence magnetization (IRM) acquisition curves, and thermomagnetic data indicated coarsegrained (pseudo-single-domain/multi-domain) magnetite as the primary magnetic carrier. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analyses identified two groups of magnetic materials: angular/aggregate particles (diameter~2-100 μm) derived from circulation of motor vehicles (e.g., vehicle exhaust emission, cycling of dust in suspension due to vehicular movement, dispersion of road construction materials, and abrasion of tires, brake linings, and road surface), and magnetic spherules (d~3-15 μm) possibly originating from industrial and domestic heating systems. Concentrations of selected trace elements Cu, Zn, and Pb in highway roadside soils were significantly higher than those in local roadside soils.

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“…The sorption process plays a key role in controlling transport of PAHs during leaching, as well as in transformation and bio-accumulation processes (Reeves et al 2004). Magnetic susceptibility is an effective, easy, fast and inexpensive method which can be used as a heavy metal pollution detection tool (e.g., Heller et al 1998;Petrovský et al 2000;Chaparro et al 2006;Magiera et al 2007;Xia et al 2014), in particular for areas with a strong fly ash deposition. Łukasik et al (2016) used magnetic susceptibility to assess the state of pollution of the upper horizons of soil forest reserves of Polish lowlands and uplands.…”

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Assessment of forest soil contamination in Krakow surroundings in relation to the type of stand

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The aim of the study was to determine the degree of soil pollution in different forest types around Krakow, using biochemical, chemical and magnetic methods. In assessing the degree of soil contamination, the impact of the forest species composition by comparing the surfaces of broadleaf and coniferous forest stands was taken into account. Enzymatic activity was related to other measures of pollution, i.e., heavy metal concentration, content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and level of magnetic susceptibility. The study was conducted in southern Poland. Krakow was the central point around which the test surfaces were designated. In soil samples pH, soil texture and organic carbon, nitrogen, base cation contents, dehydrogenase and urease activities were determined. Additionally, heavy metal concentration, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) content and magnetic susceptibility were recorded. The obtained results confirm the high diversity of forest soil pollution around Krakow agglomeration. Significant differences in both the content of heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and values of the magnetic susceptibility were observed in the soils of forest complexes located in different directions away from Krakow and at various distances from Krakow. The level of contamination is related to the historical and current deposition of industrial and urban dusts from Krakow and Silesia. The type of stand had a considerable influence on the content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A higher content of aromatic hydrocarbons was observed in the soils of deciduous stands. A high level of magnetic susceptibility was observed in the soils of coniferous stands. The differences in enzymatic activity between the research plots result from different contents of PAHs and different amount of soil organic matter resulting from the species composition.

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Mapping particulate pollution loads using soil magnetometry in urban forests in the Upper Silesia Industrial Region, Poland

Cited by 90 publications

References 11 publications

Testing a Soil Magnetometry Technique in a Highly Polluted Industrial Region in North-Eastern Germany

Testing a Soil Magnetometry Technique in a Highly Polluted Industrial Region in North-Eastern Germany

Magnetic, Geochemical, and Microstructural Characteristics of Road Dust on Roadsides with Different Traffic Volumes—Case Study from Finland

Assessment of forest soil contamination in Krakow surroundings in relation to the type of stand

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