The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in soils in the Region of Valasske Mezirici, the Czech Republic

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dc.contributor.authorPlachá, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorRaclavská, Helena
dc.contributor.authorMatýsek, Dalibor
dc.contributor.authorRümmeli, Mark H.
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-25T07:51:52Z
dc.date.available2010-01-25T07:51:52Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination of urban, agricultural and forest soil samples was investigated from samples obtained in the surroundings of Valasske Mezirici. Valasske Mezirici is a town located in the north-east mountainous part of the Czech Republic, where a coal tar refinery is situated. 16 PAHs listed in the US EPA were investigated. Organic oxidizable carbon was also observed in the forest soils. The PAH concentrations ranged from 0.86-10.84 (with one anomalous value of 35.14) and 7.66-79.39 mg/kg dm in the urban/agricultural and forest soils, respectively. While the PAH levels in the urban/agricultural soils are within the range typically found in industrialized areas, the forest soils showed elevated PAH concentrations compared to other forest soils in Western and Northern Europe. The PAH concentrations and their molecular distribution ratios were studied as functions of the sample location and the meteorological history. The soils from localities at higher altitudes above sea level have the highest PAH concentrations, and the PAH concentrations decrease with increasing distance from the town.en
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dc.identifier.citationGeochemical Transactions. 2009, vol. 10, art. no. 12.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1467-4866-10-12
dc.identifier.issn1467-4866
dc.identifier.locationNení ve fondu ÚKen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10084/77838
dc.identifier.wos000273432200001
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGeochemical Transactionsen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1467-4866-10-12en
dc.rights© 2009 Plachá et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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dc.titleThe polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in soils in the Region of Valasske Mezirici, the Czech Republicen
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