Introduction: Heavy metals (HMs) accumulated in the road dust may be transferred to the surrounding land and water bodies and pose ecological risks. Hence, such pollution should be considered, especially in coastal roads. This study focuses on the HMs pollution of dust settled on the surface of coastal roads along the Persian Gulf in Bandar Abbas city. Materials and Methods: In this study, ro...

the impacts of dust and sand storms (dss) on people, crops, livestock, infrastructure and health are well documented. data have accumulated on the deleterious effects of dust aerosols when they settle on plants. sand blasting of low growing plants is a common cause of failure in reforestation efforts. burial of plants by moving sands are also a cause of much damage. the physics of moving sand a...

in this research, elemental and chemical characteristics of atmospheric dust particulates including major and trace elements in two synoptic meteorological stations (abadan and urmia cities) during dust events and ambient periods have been evaluated. results showed that during dust events to ambient periods in both stations, major elements including ca, mg, al and trace elements comprised p and...

dust storm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. iran and particularly its west and south-west parts, periodically faces with the dust phenomenon and its problems. in this investigation two dust samples has been selected and studied that they has sustained over three days with visibility less than 1000m in west of iran. the first one occurred during 18 - 21 april ...

The impacts of Dust and Sand Storms (DSS) on people, crops, livestock, infrastructure and health are well documented. Data have accumulated on the deleterious effects of dust aerosols when they settle on plants. Sand blasting of low growing plants is a common cause of failure in reforestation efforts. Burial of plants by moving sands are also a cause of much damage. The physics of moving sand a...