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Research paper thumbnail of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface sediments from Yellow River, China

Chemosphere, 2007

Fourteen surface sediment samples were collected from Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River, China in Jul... more Fourteen surface sediment samples were collected from Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River, China in July 2005. The concentrations of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by gas chromatography equipped with a mass spectrometry detector (GC–MS). Total concentrations of the PAHs ranged from 464 to 2621ng/g dry weight. Sediment samples with the highest PAH concentrations appeared at the downstream of Lanzhou City, where there was the biggest wastewater discharge pipeline from Lanzhou Oil Refinery Factory and Lanzhou Chemical Industry Company. Municipal sewage also contributed to the PAH contamination in the sediments. A correlation existed between the sediment organic carbon content (foc) and the total PAH concentrations (r2=0.57), suggesting that sediment organic carbon content played an important role in controlling the PAHs levels in the sediments. According to the observed molecular indices, PAHs contamination in Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River originated both...

Research paper thumbnail of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface sediments from Yellow River, China

Chemosphere, 2007

Fourteen surface sediment samples were collected from Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River, China in Jul... more Fourteen surface sediment samples were collected from Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River, China in July 2005. The concentrations of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by gas chromatography equipped with a mass spectrometry detector (GC–MS). Total concentrations of the PAHs ranged from 464 to 2621ng/g dry weight. Sediment samples with the highest PAH concentrations appeared at the downstream of Lanzhou City, where there was the biggest wastewater discharge pipeline from Lanzhou Oil Refinery Factory and Lanzhou Chemical Industry Company. Municipal sewage also contributed to the PAH contamination in the sediments. A correlation existed between the sediment organic carbon content (foc) and the total PAH concentrations (r2=0.57), suggesting that sediment organic carbon content played an important role in controlling the PAHs levels in the sediments. According to the observed molecular indices, PAHs contamination in Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River originated both...

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