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Magnetic Mapping of Weakly Contaminated Areas

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Soil magnetometry has proved to be a helpful auxiliary method for outlining potentially contaminated areas. Magnetic susceptibility of topsoils may reflect concentration of atmospherically deposited anthropogenic iron oxides, which often coexist with harmful substances, such as heavy metals. Magnetic mapping of topsoils yields unambiguous results in areas with high concentration of pollutants and soils developed on iron-poor geologic basement. In this chapter we review the approach and results of magnetic mapping in a relatively clean area, characterized by rather complex topography. Surface measurements of magnetic susceptibility were carried out after previous examination of its vertical distribution in topsoils and complex laboratory measurements of other magnetic parameters as well as scanning electron microscopy observations. Our results show that over the whole area in concern topsoil magnetic susceptibility is enhanced due to atmospherically deposited anthropogenic iron oxides (prevailing from local sources), and soil magnetometry can thus be used for delineation of anthropogenic effect on soils also in this rather complex and difficult area.

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Acknowledgments

This study was performed with the support of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic through grant No. 205/07/0941, Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic through project No. IAA300120701, and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports through project No. LA09015.

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  1. Institute of Geophysics AS CR, v.v.i., Bocni II/1401, 141 31, Prague 4, Czech Republic

    Aleš Kapička & Eduard Petrovský

  2. National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, BAS, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Neli Jordanova

  3. Geophysical Institute, BAS, 1112, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Neli Jordanova

  4. Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Vilém Podrázský

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  1. Geophysical Institute, ASCR Praha, Bocni II / 1401, Praha 4, 141 31, Czech Republic

    Eduard Petrovský

  2. School of Mathematics & Statistics, Dept. Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, New South Wales, Australia

    David Ivers

  3. National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India

    T Harinarayana

  4. School of Ocean & Earth Science &, Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii, East-West Road 1680, Honolulu, 96822, Hawaii, USA

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Kapička, A., Petrovský, E., Jordanova, N., Podrázský, V. (2011). Magnetic Mapping of Weakly Contaminated Areas. In: Petrovský, E., Ivers, D., Harinarayana, T., Herrero-Bervera, E. (eds) The Earth's Magnetic Interior. IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0323-0_27

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