Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Volumen 75, núm. 2, A100523, 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2023v75n2a100523

An automated monitoring system of urban pollution using geochemical and magnetic parameters

Un sistema automatizado de monitoreo de la contaminación urbana con el uso de parámetros geoquímicos y magnéticos

Francisco Bautista^1,*, Dorian Bautista-Hernández¹, Aristeo Pacheco ², Avto Goguitchaichvili³, Juan Morales³,Ángeles Gallegos-Tavera¹

¹ Laboratorio Universitario de Geofísica Ambiental, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Michoacán, Mexico.

² Acts with Science. Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.

³ Laboratorio Universitario de Geofísica Ambiental, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Michoacán, Mexico.

* Corresponding author: (F. Bautista) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

How to cite this article:

Bautista, F., Bautista-Hernández, D., Pacheco, A., Goguitchaichvili, A., Morales, J., Gallegos-Tavera, A., 2023, An automated monitoring system of urban pollution using geochemical and magnetic parameters: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 75 (2), A100523. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2023v75n2a100523

Manuscript received: September 14, 2022; Corrected manuscript received: April 26, 2023; Manuscript accepted: May 8, 2023.

ABSTRACT

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that environmental pollution causes seven million premature deaths annually, equivalent to one in eight deaths worldwide. To combat this, the organized implementation of reliable indicators is critical, and these indicators should be monitored over short, medium, and long terms. The principal industrial and economic activities at Mexico’s national level are concentrated in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. Urban expansion, with unmeasured and essentially unplanned growth, has been accompanied by a notable increase in environmental pollution. The software discussed herein quantifies and analyzes the contents of potentially toxic elements in soils, dust, and plants to monitor how environmental pollution contributes to the ill-health of the population of Mexico City and how these adverse effects could potentially be reduced. The software can analyze conventional geochemical data and alternative proxies such as magnetic parameters and color variations for three environmental matrices: soils, dust, and plants in urban areas.

Keywords: urban soils, urban dust, urban plants, magnetic properties, color, FRX.