Essays about: "atmospheric fallout"

Found 4 essays containing the words atmospheric fallout.

  1. 1. Temporal Dynamics In Microplastics Within An Indoor Environment: Insights From A Novel Tape-Lifting Method

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Matilda Wiklund; [2022]
    Keywords : Microplastics; tape-lifting; atmospheric fallout; urban environments; Mikroplast;

    Abstract : Microplastics (MPs) constitute a risk to both human and environmental health. It is vital to identify sources and pathways to take the necessary action and limit the number of MPs in our environments. However, we currently have a limited understanding regarding MPs' variation with time in urban environments in an indoor setting. READ MORE

  3. 2. Kartering av kadmiumhalt i matjord med portabelt röntgenfluorescensinstrument

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Elin Laxmar; [2018]
    Keywords : Cd; jord; kärna; PXRF; markkartering;

    Abstract : Cadmium (Cd) is a nonessential heavy metal that can be toxic to living organisms even in small amounts. Cd occurs naturally in all type of soils but have also been added trough soil amendments and atmospheric fallout. READ MORE

  4. 3. Recent Icelandic Tephra in a Swedish Peat Deposit

    University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Eric Skoglund; [2012]
    Keywords : tephra; ash; eyjafjallajökull; peat deposit; ash spread; ash cloud; aska; tephra; torv; askmoln; eyjafjallajökull;

    Abstract : Two eruptions from Icelandic volcanoes have in the last years caused widespread dispersalof volcanic ash in the atmosphere. The transportation of tephra from Iceland to mainlandEurope is not an uncommon event and it can cause large disruptions to society. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Greenland ice core perspective on the dating of the Late Bronze Age Santorini eruption

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Löfroth; [2010]
    Keywords : Santorini; 10Be; 14C; NGRIP; kolcykelmodellering; carbon cycle modeling; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Santorini eruption is one of the greatest in historic time and an important time marker in the regional archaeology. It has been dated to 1627-1600 BC (2σ error) using radiocarbon dating (Friedrich et al. 2006) and to 1642±5 BC by identifying a volcanic fallout layer in the Greenland ice cores (Vinther et al. 2006). READ MORE