Magnetometry in environmental sciences [electronic resource] : studying environmental structure changes and environmental pollution / Edited by Maria Jeleńska; Leszek Łęczyński; Tadeusz Ossowski.

Series Editors; Managing Editor; Advisory Board; Contents; Introduction; 1 Magnetometric Assessment of Soil Contamination in the Vicinity of Selected Roads in Poland; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Study Localities and Methods; 3 Results; 3.1 General Trends in Distribution of Magnetic Susceptibility on the Surface; 3.2 Detailed Description; 3.2.1 Mountain Area-Carpathians; 3.2.2 Mountain Areas-Sudetes (Kłodzko Basin); 3.2.3 Upland Roads; 3.2.4 Lowland Roads; 3.3 Vertical Profiles; 3.4 Magnetic Mineralogy; 3.5 SEM Images; 3.6 Magnetic Susceptibility and Geochemistry; 4 Summary and Discussion. 5 ConclusionsReferences; 2 Magnetic Study of Sediments from the Vistula River in Warsaw-Preliminary Results; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods and Measurements; 2.1 Study Area; 2.2 Sample Collection; 2.3 Methods and Devices; 3 Results and Discussion; 3.1 Magnetic Study of Test Collection of Sediment Samples; 3.2 Distribution of Magnetic Susceptibility of Sediments Collected from the Warsaw Part of Vistula River; 3.3 Mineralogy of Magnetic Fraction; 3.4 The Origin of the Magnetic Particles; 4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References. 3 Surface Sediments Pollution Around Small Shipwrecks (Munin and Abille) in the Gulf of Gdańsk: Magnetic and Heavy Metals StudyAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Study Sites and Sample Handling; 2.2 Methods; 2.3 PLI; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 From Deserts to Glaciers: Magnetometry in Paleoenvironmental Studies in Central Asia; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Deserts: Holocene Loess-Soil Succession in the Karasu Valley, Uzbekistan. 3 The Glaciers: Development of High-Mountain Lakes on the Example of the Rangkul Lake, Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan4 Summary; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Application of Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements for Identification of Technogenic Horizons in Soil Profiles on the Example of the Vistula River Cross-Cut Area; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Study Area; 3 Methods; 3.1 Magnetic Parameters; 4 Results and Discussion; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Magnetic Susceptibility of Sediments as an Indicator of the Dynamics of Geomorphological Processes. Abstract1 Introduction; 2 Study Area and Methods; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 The Impact of Grain Size Composition and Organic Matter Content on Magnetic Susceptibility of Anthropogenically Transformed Bottom Sediments, as Exemplified by the Former Naval Harbour in Hel; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Field Work; 2.2 Laboratory Analyses; 2.2.1 Analysis of Grain Size Composition; 2.2.2 Humidity; 2.2.3 Organic Matter Content (LOI); 2.2.4 Magnetic Susceptibility; 3 Results and Discussion; 4 Conclusions; References.

The book offers a review of the work of the Polish Research Group on selected topics of environmental magnetism: the application of magnetic methods to study pollution of outdoor and indoor air, street dust, polluted soil, air filters and indoor dust; the use of magnetic properties to study pedogenic processes in soils and soil structure; as well as deposition processes in recent sediments. The authors focus on detailed cases and provide in-depth explanations of the causes of and relations between physical processes. The examples of different studies demonstrate how to apply magnetometry to solve problems in related disciplines, how to better understand the complexity of the magnetic structure of substances and mediums as well as how to trace interactions between the environment and natural and anthropogenic factors.