A5060819529- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Heavy metals in environment
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Water Quality and Resources Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Data Analysis with R
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
University of Naples Federico II
2020-2025
Environmental risks are often linked to contamination processes driven by various chemical stressors introduced into the environment from specific sources. These sources may be anthropogenic, stemming human activities, or natural, associated with geolithological context and geological weathering processes. It is crucial distinguish between anomalies resulting anthropogenic inputs those arising inherent compositional characteristics of natural environment, which not remediable. This...
The Sarno River Basin (SRB) is among the most polluted in Europe, with contamination deriving from industrial activities, including tanneries and canneries, as well intensive agriculture dense urbanization. It located Campania region Southern Italy, southwestern portion of Plain, between Somma–Vesuvius volcanic complex to west Lattari Mountains carbonate reliefs south.The SRB characterized by presence high concentrations some priority organic pollutants, their use various processes...
The worldwide increase in fire events has attracted global attention, as potentially toxic elements (PTEs) have been widely recognised within the produced ash. Ash is transported, dispersed by wind, and deposited into soil surficial waters even far from fires. Considering that their composition can be enriched PTEs, they represent a potential hazard for humans other animals exposed to airborne particles and, afterwards, resuspended matter, at considerable distance source. This study aimed...
This study investigates the application of Compositional Data Analysis (CoDA) and multivariate statistical techniques to geochemical data from soils Campania region. The dataset examined includes 3571 soil samples analyzed for 37 chemical elements. Principal Component (PCA) was employed reduce dataset’s dimensionality identify key relationships between first PCA identified groups highly correlated variables, which were then reduced 20 representative elements a second PCA. three most...
Soils result from physical, chemical, and biological processes that affect rocks their weathered products. In historical times, natural have also been widely influenced by human activity (such as industrial production, motor vehicle mobility, waste disposal, agricultural practices). Consequently, soils represent a reservoir of chemical elements compounds with extreme spatial variability across Earth's surface.Defining the distribution anomalies understanding nature factors controlling is...
Bioavailability of some major and trace elements was evaluated in 1,993 topsoil samples collected across Campania region (Southern Italy). A main focus made on Al, Ca, K, Mg, Cu, Tl since they are linked, for different reasons, to agriculture. assessed by an extraction with ammonium nitrate the data were compared pseudo-total concentration determined Aqua Regia digestion. Geochemical maps bioavailable concentrations generated using a multifractal inverse distance weighted (MIDW)...
In this study, 500 bottom soils and 7300 topsoils samples were collected to determine the major elements concentrations evaluate correspondence of soil chemical contents local geology better identify background values. The <2 mm fraction each sample was analysed for a total 52 combining ICP-MS ICP-ES techniques. This study focuses on concentration distribution elements: Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P Ti. A combined methodological approach, which involved compositional data analysis,...
<abstract> <p>Epidemiological and environmental studies demonstrated that the rate of cancer mortality in Acerra area, better known as "Triangle Death", and, more general, Neapolitan metropolitan territory are higher than regional average values. In Death" has been mostly related to presence toxic wastes illegally buried agricultural areas which have contaminating soils groundwater for decades. Thus, collecting a total 154 samples over an area about 100...
Groundwater contains variable quantities of radioisotopes because their interaction with naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) constituting geological reservoirs. They emit low doses ionizing radiation to which humans can be exposed through ingestion or inhalation when the water is used for drinking showering.Total alpha and beta activities Rn-222 concentrations were determined different sections some aqueducts belonging Campania region (Italy) supply system analyze how they...
Soil contamination in OSRs is a major threat for human health, particularly if, after the end of activities, land used recreational areas or agricultural production. Soils an OSR southern Italy have been analysed quantifying and modelling their (by lead, antimony polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-PAHs) related to uncollected shots burned disks. For assessing status degradation, integrated approach has based on: i) proximal sensors, including electromagnetic induction (EMI) measuring soil...
Understanding the transfer of contaminants from soil to plants, especially agricultural products, is essential in environmental science, particularly context risk assessment and development sustainable practices. The estimation factors (TFs) (Singh et al., 2011), which quantify uptake elements or pollutants by plants surrounding soil, serves as a crucial parameter evaluating potential ecological human health risks, these could enter food chain (Ozhovan Kremenetskiy, 2018). For this study,...
Geochemical prospecting is a valuable tool for investigating the influence of geological context on composition stream sediment and determining existence any natural or anthropogenic geochemical anomaly within river catchment basin. Several indices have been proposed in scientific literature to assess sediment's environmental quality ecological condition basins. In studies, these are usually based applying ratios among raw at sampling location value assumed as reference undisturbed...
Total alpha and beta activities Rn-222 concentrations were determined in water from different sections of seven aqueducts belonging to the supply system Campania region (Italy), known worldwide for its volcanism. Statistical analysis was performed on data account their variability across aqueduct sections, results discussed considering geology reservoirs, potential mixing processes occurring along pipe network, building/constituting materials integrity infrastructure. Guidelines proposed by...
&lt;p&gt;Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are a group of synthetic molecules, consisting organic structures containing at least one aromatic ring and covalently bound chlorine atom, widely used for decades in agriculture (as insecticides fungicides) and, subordinately, the medical field.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The study area, corresponding to Acerra-Marigliano conurbation, is located middle sector Campania Plain, wide coastal belt roughly extending from Garigliano River...