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Results of magnetic susceptibility mapping around a coal-burning power plant were used to verify the field in situ measurements with data acquired in laboratory on soil samples collected at approximately the same measurement grid sites at different distance from the source. This comparison enables quantifying the field data obtained using the Bartington MS2 meter and to relate them, at least approximately, to mass specific values. Moreover, it is shown that certain diversity in the grid points of field measurements and soil sampling can slightly bias the field measurements. However, this shift is of minor significance and Bartington field readings can be considered as reliable.
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Kapička, A., Petrovský, E. & Jordanova, N. Comparison of in-situ Field Measurements of Soil Magnetic Susceptibility with Laboratory Data. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 41, 391–395 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023363502016
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