The what, how, why, and when of dendrochemistry:(paleo) environmental information from the chemical analysis of tree rings

G Binda, A Di Iorio, D Monticelli - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The chemical analysis of tree rings has attracted the interest of researchers in the past five
decades in view of the possibility of exploiting this biological indicator as a widely available …

Tree rings recording historical atmospheric mercury: A review of progresses and challenges

X Liu, X Wang, W Yuan, D Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Foliage uptake of atmospheric elemental mercury (Hg0) and subsequent translocation by
the phloem is the main pathway for Hg accumulation in tree rings. Tree rings have been …

Oak tree-rings record spatial-temporal pollution trends from different sources in Terni (Central Italy)

A Perone, C Cocozza, P Cherubini, O Bachmann… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Monitoring atmospheric pollution in industrial areas near urban center is essential to infer
past levels of contamination and to evaluate the impact for environmental health and safety …

Tree stumps as passive samplers for trace metal dust deposition

S Zhou, Z Yuan, Q Cheng, DC Weindorf… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Atmospheric dust is contaminated by trace metals in many parts of the world due to human
industrial activities. This study evaluates tree stumps as passive samplers of dust deposition …

Identification, transformations and mobility of hazardous arsenic-based pigments on 19th century bookbindings in accessible library collections

M Vermeulen, SM Webb, S Russick… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study focused on the non-destructive characterization of potentially hazardous Victorian-
era books found in the Northwestern University Libraries. XRF, Raman and FTIR were used …

Changes in mercury deposition in a mining and smelting region as recorded in tree rings

M Hojdová, T Navrátil, J Rohovec, K Žák… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2011 - Springer
Metal mining and processing in the central Czech Republic has led to the contamination of
surrounding soils and vegetation. In this study, Hg concentrations were measured in spruce …

Use of Dendrochronology and Dendrochemistry in Environmental Forensics: Does It Meet the Daubert Criteria?

JC Balouet, KT Smith, D Vroblesky… - Environmental …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Dendrochronological methods have been in use for more than 100 years, providing us a
record of climate, human activities (archaeology), floods, fire, mudslides and other …

Elements content in tree rings from **'an, China and environmental variations in the past 30 years

Y Liu, W Ta, P Cherubini, R Liu, Y Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and inductively coupled
plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), the characteristics of chemical elements …

Comparison of co-located ice-core and tree-ring mercury records indicates potential radial translocation of mercury in whitebark pine

N Chellman, A Csank, MS Gustin, MM Arienzo… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tree-ring records are a potential archive for reconstructing long-term historical trends in
atmospheric mercury (Hg) concentrations. Although Hg preserved in tree rings has been …

Critical Analysis of the Past, Present, and Future of Dendrochemistry: A Systematic Literature Review

CM Canning, CP Laroque, D Muir - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dendrochemistry, the study of elements found within tree rings, has been used to
understand environmental changes from both natural and anthropogenic sources. When …