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HERO ID

1469507

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Norwegian forest soils: Impact of long-range atmospheric transport

Author(s)

Aamot, E; Steinnes, E; Schmid, R

Year

1996

Is Peer Reviewed?

Yes

Journal

Environmental Pollution
ISSN: 0269-7491
EISSN: 1873-6424

Volume

Issue

Page Numbers

275-280

Language

English

PMID

15091379

DOI

10.1016/0269-7491(95)00114-x

Web of Science Id

WOS:A1996UU93200006

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http://://WOS:A1996UU93200006
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Abstract

Levels of nine selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, in surface soils from areas in southern and central Norway are presented. Levels in central Norway are generally low, while the southern Norway soils are about ten-fold higher with respect to 4 and 5 ring PAHs. Comparison with air quality data indicates long-range atmospheric transport to be the major source of the excess 4 and 5 ring PAHs in the south. Analyses of peat cores from ombrotrophic bogs support this assumption, and these provide a potentially useful approach for temporal studies of atmospheric PAH deposition. Analytical data for naphthalene in soils depend very much on the sampling and storage of the samples before analysis.

Keywords

Ecology; Biochemical Studies-General; Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Public Health: Environmental Health-Air; Soil Science-Physics and Chemistry (1970- ); Forestry and Forest Products

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