A review of the main strategies used in the interpretation of similar chemical profiles yielded by receptor models in the source apportionment of particulate matter

ES Galvão, R de Cassia Feroni, MTDA Orlando - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Receptor models have been widely used for the source apportionment of airborne
particulate matter. However, in the last 10 years, the use of factor analysis-based models …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement report: The Urmia playa as a source of airborne dust and ice-nucleating particles–Part 1: Correlation between soils and airborne samples

N Hamzehpour, C Marcolli, S Pashai… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
The emergence of desiccated lake bed sediments and their exposure to wind erosion as a
consequence of climate change and drought in arid and semiarid regions of the world poses …

The socio-economic impacts of mining on local communities: The case of Jordan

R Al Rawashdeh, G Campbell, A Titi - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper compares selected socioeconomic indicators (eg unemployment, Human
Development Index, poverty, education, health and environment) in the Southern Region of …

Content of lead and cadmium in aboveground plant organs of grasses growing on the areas adjacent to a route of big traffic

K Jankowski, AG Ciepiela, J Jankowska… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
The effect of traffic on the content of lead and cadmium in grass morphological parts—
leaves, shoots, and inflorescences—was studied. The samples were taken on a part of the …

Vehicular contamination of dust in Amman, Jordan

A Jiries - Environmentalist, 2003 - Springer
Road dust from four traffic areas; the city center, tunnels, closed car parks and a residential
area was collected from the urban part of Amman and analyzed for polycyclic aromatic …

The mineralogical composition of coarse and fine particulate material, their fate, and sources in an industrialized region of southeastern Brazil

ES Galvão, JM Santos, NC Reis Junior… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere may be composed of many elements and
compounds, including toxic species and hazardous materials, which demand effective …

Atmospheric dry deposition fluxes of trace elements measured in Bursa, Turkey

Y Tasdemir, C Kural - Environmental pollution, 2005 - Elsevier
Trace element dry deposition fluxes were measured using a smooth, greased, knife-edge
surrogate surface (KSS) holding greased Mylar strips in Bursa, Turkey. Sampling program …

The mineralogical interpretation of particulate matter deposited on Agelenidae and Pholcidae spider webs in the city of Wrocław (SW Poland): A preliminary case …

M Górka, W Bartz, J Rybak - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The main goal of the study was to use SEM-EDX (Scanning Electron Microscope with
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analyser) for chemical and morphological characteristics of …

[HTML][HTML] Sand sheets—the major dust source in the western Lake Urmia playa—A comprehensive study of the soil-dust properties and stabilization

N Hamzehpour, GR Mahdavinia, M Rahmati - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change accelerated by anthropogenic activities has led to the shrinkage and
eventually disappearance of salt lakes all over the world. Gradual desiccation of Lake Urmia …

Genotoxicity of agricultural soils in the vicinity of industrial area

MI Ansari, A Malik - Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Soil samples from agricultural fields (cultivated) in the vicinity of industrial area of Ghaziabad
City (India) were collected. In this city, wastewater coming from both industrial and domestic …