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dc.contributor.authorallCinti, D.; aDipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita` ‘La Sapienza’, 00185 Rome, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallAngelone, M.; ENEAen
dc.contributor.authorallMasi, U.; University of Rome "La Sapienza"en
dc.contributor.authorallCremisini, C.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-15T14:23:28Zen
dc.date.available2012-11-15T14:23:28Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/8389en
dc.description.abstractPlatinum concentrations in topsoil samples collected in 1992 (48) and in 2001 (16) from the urban area of Rome have been determined by ICP–MS.Concentrations in 47 soil samples collected in 1992 from natural sites of Latium (an area around Rome) have been determined for a first assessment of natural background levels.The Pt concentrations in Rome urban soils collected in 1992 range from 0.8 to 6.3 ngyg ( s3.8"1.0) overlapping the concentration range ¯X of natural soils from Latium ( s3.1"2.1 ngyg).No significant correlation has generally been found between Pt ¯X contents in the ‘natural’ soils and related bedrock or major pedogenetic parameters.These results suggest that there is no evidence of Pt pollution in Rome urban soils at that time, because the massive use of the automobile catalytic converter has only just started.Higher (up to six times more) Pt concentrations, than those measured in the 1992 samples, have been measured, in some cases, in Rome urban soils collected in 2001, suggesting a possible start of Pt accumulation because of the large-scale use in the last decade of automobile catalytic converters.At the same time, a clear decrease of lead levels in Rome urban soils with respect to the levels measured in 1992 has been observed, paralleling the decreasing number of lead gasoline-fuelled cars.Her e we present one of the first systematic studies for defining background levels of Pt in Italian natural soils, thus allowing for monitoring, in the future, should any possible Pt pollution caused by the use of automobile catalytic converter, especially in urban soils, occur.en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisher.nameElsevier Science Limiteden
dc.relation.ispartofScience of The Total Environmenten
dc.relation.ispartofseries/293 (2002)en
dc.subjectAutomobile catalytic converters; ICP–MS; Platinum; Natural soils; Urban soils; Rome; Latiumen
dc.titlePlatinum levels in natural and urban soils from Rome and Latium (Italy): significance for pollution by automobile catalytic converter.en
dc.typearticleen
dc.description.statusPublisheden
dc.type.QualityControlPeer-revieweden
dc.description.pagenumber47-57en
dc.subject.INGV05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risken
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico4.4. Scenari e mitigazione del rischio ambientaleen
dc.description.journalTypeJCR Journalen
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dc.relation.issn0048-9697en
dc.relation.eissn1879-1026en
dc.contributor.authorCinti, D.en
dc.contributor.authorAngelone, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMasi, U.en
dc.contributor.authorCremisini, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentaDipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita` ‘La Sapienza’, 00185 Rome, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentENEAen
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Rome "La Sapienza"en
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crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptENEA-
crisitem.author.deptUniversity of Rome "La Sapienza"-
crisitem.author.deptCentro ricerche ENEA Casaccia-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-8995-3312-
crisitem.author.parentorgIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-
crisitem.classification.parent05. General-
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