title: Lanthanoid geochemistry of urban atmospheric particulate matter.
abstract: Relatively little is known about the lanthanoid element (La to Lu) chemistry of inhalable urban atmospheric particulate matter (PM). PM samples collected during an air sampling campaign in the Mexico City area contain lanthanoid concentrations of mostly 1-10 ng m(-3), increasing with mass where resuspension of crustal PM is important (low PM2.5/PM10), but not where fine emissions from traffic and industry dominate (high PM2.5/ PM10). Samples show anthropogenic enrichment of lighter over heavier lanthanoids, and Ce enrichment relative to La and Sm occurs in the city center (especially PM10) possibly due to PM from road vehicle catalytic converters. La is especially enriched, although many samples show low La/V values (< 0.11), suggesting the dominating influence of fuel oil combustion sources rather than refinery emissions. We use La/Sm v La/ Ce, LaCeSm, and LaCeV plots to compare Mexico City aerosols with PM from other cities. Lanthanoid aerosol geochemistry can be used not only to identify refinery pollution events, but also as a marker for different hydrocarbon combustion emissions (e.g., oil or coal power stations) on urban background atmospheric PM.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra "Jaume Almera", CSIC, C/ Lluís Sole i Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain., tmoreno@ija.csic.es
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Querol
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alastuey
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pey
authors.forename: Maria Cruz
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Minguillón
authors.forename: Noemi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bernabé
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: Wes
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gibbons
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D001272:Atmosphere; D002563:Cerium / Q000737:chemistry; D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry*; D008800:Mexico; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements; D002563:Cerium