Evaluation of atmospheric dust pollution in Kyiv, according to absorption spectral analysis and magnetic susceptibility measurements of air filters

Systematic studies of magnetic susceptibility of air filters Xf from the air-sampling stations of the Central Geophysical Observatory SSES revealed consistently high values on stations №№7, 11, 20, i.e., Peremogy av. 98/2, the Besarabian and Demiivska Squares. In the last two stations, as well as on №9 Kaunasska st.10a and №4 Borodin st. 2 we received significant correlation coefficients between Xf and content of Fe, Mn, Cu. These three elements form the basic anthropogenic geochemical association which pollutes the air in Kyiv. It is demonstrated that utilization of Xf for evaluating and modeling of air HM pollution is not possible in areas of anthropogenic geochemical anomalies for the corresponding elements, where high dispersion Xf and/or HM is observed.