Magnetic signature of different vegetation species in polluted environment |
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| Authors: | Diana Jordanova Petar Petrov Viktor Hoffmann Tilman Gocht Cristian Panaiotu Tsenka Tsacheva Neli Jordanova |
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| Institution: | 1.Geophysical Institute,Bulg. Acad. Sci.,Sofia,Bulgaria;2.Center of Applied Geosciences,Univ. Tuebingen,Tuebingen,Germany;3.Faculty of Physics,University of Bucharest,Bucharest,Romania;4.Institute of Physical Chemistry,Bulg. Acad. Sci.,Sofia,Bulgaria |
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| Abstract: | Detailed magnetic study on vegetation samples from several strongly polluted and clean sites in Bulgaria is carried out in
order to evaluate suitability of different species as passive dust collectors in magnetometry. From each location, available
species among lichens, mosses, poplar leaves, dandelion, needles have been sampled. Magnetic susceptibility calculated on
mass-specific basis shows wide variability between diamagnetic signal up to 846 × 10−8 m3/kg. Lichens and mosses are found to be the species, showing magnetic signals with the strongest contrast between clean and
polluted environment. The main magnetic phase is magnetite-like according to the results from thermomagnetic analysis of susceptibility
on magnetic extracts. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) microphotographs reveal the presence of abundant particulate matter
on vegetation surface both with anthropogenic (spherules) and lithogenic origin. Magnetic grain size deduced by the ratio
of saturation remanent magnetization (SIRM) and mass-specific magnetic susceptibility (χ) and coercivities (Bc and Bcr) suggest that different species accumulate preferentially small SD-like grains from pollution emissions. Contrasting relationship
of the ratio of anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM) and χ for polluted vs clean sites deduced by needles and lichens
may be related to transformation of the accumulated dust particles within lichens’ tissue. This finding indicates that the
exact species used as biological dust collector is of importance when studying spatial grain size distribution of magnetic
dust particles. Pilot study on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) content and its relation to magnetic parameters shows
good correspondence between high levels of PAHs and high SIRM values for locations affected by non-ferrous industrial production. |
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