Vertical susceptibility profiles: its use in magnetic pollution screening Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften der Geowissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen vorgelegt von Ulrich Blaha aus Owen 2010 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 28.03.2008 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Grathwohl 1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Erwin Appel 2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Helge Stanjek Table of Contents ………..……………………………………………………...……….. I Publications ………..……………………………………………………………………….. II Own contribution to the joint publications …………………………………………….... III Summary/Zusammenfassung ….………………………………………………………...… V Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………...… IX Environmental magnetism: an overview …………………………………………………. X Introduction ...……...……………………………………………………………………...… 1 1. Vertical magnetic susceptibility profiles and its use …………………………………… 2 1.1 Soils and magnetic susceptibility (MS) ………………………………………………….. 2 1.2 Vertical magnetic susceptibility (MS) profiles ……………………….….. 3 2. Magnetic measuring and sampling equipment ………………………………………… 4 2.1 Bartington MS2 susceptibility meter and field sensors ….. 4 2.2 Bartington laboratory sensors ……………………………………………………………. 5 2.3 Soil core sampling and in-situ MS profile data acquisition ……………… 5 2.4 Magnetic laboratory equipment …………………………………………………..