Environmental Magnetism and Its Implication for Heavy Metal Pollution

Dear Colleagues,

The heavy metal pollution of ecosystems is becoming a growing global problem as the world’s population increases, with urbanization and industrialization expanding. Various anthropogenic activities, including vehicular traffic, industrial plants, power generation facilities, residential fossil fuel burning, construction and demolition activities, etc., could be contributing to heavy metal pollution in ecosystems, its levels in the environment monitored using a number of methods, including geochemical, mineralogical and microstructural practices. The relationship between magnetic parameters and heavy metals has been investigated on the proxy assumption that sources of magnetic particles and heavy metals are genetically related, but chemical methods are relatively time-consuming and expensive, and, therefore, the application of magnetic methods can deliver useful information for a better selection of sampling sites and, thus, more efficient chemical mapping. Environmental magnetic methods have been widely applied as proxy indicators of environmental pollution because they are simple, rapid and have a low-cost and non-destructive characteristics. This Special Issue invites the latest applications of environmental magnetic methods in the detecting and monitoring of heavy metal pollution in the environment, including the atmosphere, water, soil and sediments, etc., also welcoming and encouraging submissions dealing with the relationship between magnetic minerals and heavy metals.

Dr. Chunxia Zhang
Guest Editor

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