Publications by authors named "Angeles Martinez-Reyes"
Environ Geochem Health
February 2016
Article Synopsis
- Tree rings can indicate contamination events by showing the history and elemental makeup of pollutants over time.
- In Taxodium mucronatum trees in Mexico City, elevated levels of platinum group elements (PGEs) like palladium, rhodium, and platinum were found compared to those in non-urban areas, especially in rings after 1997.
- The study confirms that analyzing tree rings is effective for monitoring urban pollution, as there were strong correlations in PGE concentrations both between trees and within individual trees.
