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AUTHOR
Emanuela Manno
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Chemical speciation of urban sediment particulates from Palermo
2005
L'IMPIEGO DI METALLI COME TRACCIANTE DEL TRAFFICO AUTOVEICOLARE
2008
Trace metals comparison between two volcanic islands (Vulcano and Lipari, Aeolian islands)
2006
Focus on ambient levels of gas phase pollutants in the urban area of Palermo
2009
HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY OF THE WETLAND “GELA” BASIN (SICILY): WATER QUALITY AND HUMAN IMPACT
2007
Concentration and chemical partitioning of heavy metals in road dust from the urban and industrial area of Gela
2005
Analisi del contenuto di metalli in traccia nella frazione PM10 del particolato atmosferico della città di Palermo.
2006
Hydrogeochemistry and Water Balance of the Lake “Biviere di Gela” in the Gela Area.
2005
Mass levels, crustal component and trace elements in PM10 in Palermo, Italy.
2007
Abstract Results concerning the levels and elemental compositions of daily PM 10 samples collected at four air quality monitoring sites in Palermo (Italy) are presented. The highest mean value of PM 10 concentrations (46 μg m −3 , with a peak value of 158 μg m −3 ) was recorded at the Di Blasi urban station, and the lowest at Boccadifalco station (25 μg m −3 ), considered as a sub-urban background station. Seventeen elements (Al, As, Ba, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Sr, U, V, Zn) were measured by ICP-MS. Al and Fe showed the highest concentrations, indicating the significant contribution of soil and resuspended mineral particles to atmospheric PM 10 . Ba, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, …
Prospezione geochimica sulle risorse idriche sotterranee e superficiali della Provincia di Palermo: costituenti inorganici maggiori, minori ed in tra…
2006
Is it really necessary to consume bottled waters? A comparative study between the physico-chemical characteristics of sicilian bottled mineral waters…
2009
Metal distribution in road dust samples collected in an urban area close to a petrochemical plant at Gela, Sicily
2006
Eight samples of road dust were collected from three different localities (industrial, urban, peripheral) of the town of Gela (Italy) to characterize their chemical composition and to assess (a) the influence of the petrochemical plant and the urban traffic on the trace element content in different grain-size fractions of street dust and (b) the solid-phase speciation of the analysed metal using sequential extraction. The samples were sieved into six particle size ranges: 500–250, 250–125, 125–63, 63–40, 40–20 and <20 μm and then analysed for 15 trace elements by ICP-MS. Sequential extraction of metals was performed on each subsample. A principal component analysis was also carried out to d…
Time series of PM2.5, PM2.5–10, PM10 and their interrelationships in the airborne particulate matter from Palermo.
2009
Possible markers of traffic-related emissions
2007
Looking for robust indicators of motor vehicle emissions it has been found that brake wear and linings are significant contributors of Cu, Mo and Sb to air particulate matter. These trace elements, whose mutual ratios in airborne particulate matter resulted quite different from those in crustal material, appear to be available fingerprinting tools to identify the contribution of on-road vehicles to traffic-derived particulate matter. In this study, the results of analytical determinations of Cu, Mo and Sb on PM(10), PM(2.5), vegetation and brake dust samples, together with gas (CO, NOx) concentrations, are discussed. Highly significant correlations among Cu, Sb and Mo were observed in parti…
Trace elemental composition of PM2.5 atmospheric aereosol in Palermo urban area
2009
HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND WATER BALANCE OF THE “BIVIERE DI GELA” LAKE IN THE GELA AREA
2005
XANES spectra for Cr, Cu and Sb in airborne particulate matter and brake pads.
2009
Study on ambient concentrations of PM10, PM10-2.5, PM2.5 and gaseous pollutants. Trace elements and chemical speciation of atmospheric particulates
2010
Abstract This study provides the first comprehensive report on mass concentrations of particulate matter of various sizes, inorganic and organic gas concentrations monitored at three sampling sites in the city of Palermo (Sicily, Italy). It also provides information on the water-soluble species and trace elements. A total of 2054 PM10 (1333) and PM2.5 (721) daily measurements were collected from November 2006 to February 2008. The highest mass concentrations were observed at the urban stations, average values being about two times higher than those at the suburban (control) site. Time variations in PM10 and also PM10–2.5 were observed at the urban stations, the highest concentrations being …
Traffico autoveicolare e nuove forme di contaminazione ambientale. Il rilascio, trasporto e solubilità del Platino e del Palladio nell’ambiente, Part…
2004
Hydrogeochemistry of thermal waters of the island of Lipari (Aeolian Islands)
2006
Contribution of water soluble ionic species to size-differentiated airborne particulate matter
2009
Traffico autoveicolare e nuove forme di contaminazione ambientale. Il rilascio, trasporto e solubilità del Platino e del Palladio nell’ambiente, Part…
2004
Geochemical characteristics of waters in mineralised area of Peloritani Mountains (Sicily, Italy)
2009
Abstract This paper presents the results of a study on the geochemistry of waters circulating in the mineralised area of the south-eastern sector of Mt. Peloritani (north-eastern Sicily, Italy), aimed at basic understanding of the geochemical processes influencing their chemical composition. Chemico-physical parameters and data on 26 major and minor chemical elements are reported for 103 water samples. Water chemistry is mainly dominated by dissolution of carbonates and hydrolysis of aluminosilicate minerals. Total dissolved salts (TDS) range from 80 to 1398 mg/L. All the waters exhibit E H characteristic of an oxygenated environment. Excluding two samples, which show very high H + activity…
Hydrogeochemistry and Water Balance in the Coastal Wetland Area of “Biviere di Gela,” Sicily, Italy
2006
In the study area physical and chemical factors control the composition of surface and groundwaters, which in turn determine the water quality of the "Biviere di Gela" lake. These factors combine to create diverse water types which change their compositional character spatially as rainfall infiltrates the soil zone, moves down a topographically defined flow path, and interacts with bedrock minerals. Low-salinity waters, which represent the initial stage of underground circulation, start dissolving calcium carbonate from the local rocks. The progressive increase in salinity, characterized by substantially higher Ca, SO4, Na and Cl concentrations, suggests that dissolution of CaSO4 and NaCl i…