PIXE pollution studies across Europe

We collected vegetation and soil samples from various locations along a route covering Eastern and Western Europe. We measured the level of elemental pollution in different places uniformly spread across the continent to determine which of them may have common sources. To achieve these objectives, s...

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Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Vol. 219; pp. 191 - 195
Main Authors Innegraeve, O., Blanchet, X., Muntele, C.I., Muntele, I.C., Zimmerman, R.L., Popa-Simil, L., Voiculescu, D., Racolta, P.M., Ila, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.06.2004
Subjects
Environmental
PIXE
Pollution
Environmental
Pollution
PIXE
82.80.Yc
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Summary:We collected vegetation and soil samples from various locations along a route covering Eastern and Western Europe. We measured the level of elemental pollution in different places uniformly spread across the continent to determine which of them may have common sources. To achieve these objectives, samples were collected along the main roads from Romania to Portugal and analyzed using in-air PIXE (particle-induced X-ray emission).
ISSN:0168-583X
1872-9584
DOI:10.1016/j.nimb.2004.01.052