Rare earths and trace elements contents in leaves: A new indicator of the composition of atmospheric dust
| Autor: | Edda Elisa Falcone, Claudio Inguaggiato, Paolo Censi, Giuseppina Cuttitta, V. Latteo, Filippo Saiano, Fabio Cibella |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Censi, P., Cibella, F., Falcone, E., Cuttitta, G., Saiano, F., Inguaggiato, C., Latteo, V. |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Environmental Engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Settore AGR/13 - Chimica Agraria 010501 environmental sciences Plant Roots 01 natural sciences Soil REE La anomaly Leaves anthropogenic signature trace elements Environmental Chemistry Ecosystem Soil composition Sicily 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Atmosphere Anomaly (natural sciences) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Trace element Dust General Medicine General Chemistry Atmospheric dust Pollution Trace Elements Settore GEO/08 - Geochimica E Vulcanologia Plant Leaves Trace (semiology) Environmental chemistry Soil water Environmental science Metals Rare Earth Composition (visual arts) Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 169:342-350 |
| ISSN: | 0045-6535 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.11.085 |
| Popis: | The relationship between the trace element distribution in atmospheric particles and leaves of some exposed plants in the environment was recently demonstrated. This indication would suggest that the trace element analysis of leaves in these plants could provide information about the composition, nature and origin of the atmospheric dust dispersed in the environment. In order to corroborate this hypothesis, the distribution of trace elements and Rare Earths were studied in leaves of some endemic plants, in the atmospheric fallout and in soils of rural, urban and industrial ecosystems in Sicily. These elements have been chosen to discriminate the source and nature of different source on atmospheric dust and the larger capability of the composition of the latter materials to influence the metal ion distribution in leaves of studied plants rather than the soil composition. These evidences are related to the recognition both of positive La anomaly and trace element enrichments in studied leaves and to their particular V/Th and Co/Ni signature. On the other hand, some particular normalised REE features recognised in leaves suggest that a limited contribution to the REE budget in studied leaves is provided by the REE migration from roots. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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