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Global distribution of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mineral topsoils

Wilcke, Wolfgang ; Bigalke, Moritz ; Wei, Chong ; Han, Yongming ; Musa Bandowe, Benjamin A. (2022)
Global distribution of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mineral topsoils.
In: Journal of Environmental Quality, 2021, 50 (3)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00022546
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Item Type: Article
Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Global distribution of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mineral topsoils
Language: English
Date: 2022
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 2021
Publisher: Wiley
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Environmental Quality
Volume of the journal: 50
Issue Number: 3
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00022546
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Origin: Secondary publication service
Abstract:

Hazardous oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OPAHs) originate fromcombustion (primary sources) or postemission conversion of polycyclic aromatichydrocarbons (PAHs) (secondary sources). We evaluated the global distribution of up to 15 OPAHs in 195 mineral topsoils from 33 study sites (covering 52 ̊ N–47 ̊ S, 71 ̊ W–118 ̊E) to identify indications of primary or secondary sources of OPAHs.The sums of the (frequently measured 7 and 15) OPAH concentrations correlated with those of the Σ16EPA-PAHs. The relationship of the Σ16EPA-PAH concentrations with the Σ7OPAH/Σ16EPA-PAH concentration ratios (a measure of the variable OPAH sources) could be described by a power function with a negative exponent <1, leveling off at a Σ16EPA-PAH concentration of approximately 400 ng g⁻¹. We suggest that below this value, secondary sources contributed more to the OPAH burden in soil than above this value, where primary sources dominated the OPAH mixture. This was supported by a negative correlation of the Σ16EPA-PAH concentrations with the contribution of the more readily biologically produced highly polar OPAHs (log octanol-water partition coefficient<3) to the Σ7OPAH concentrations. We identified mean annual precipitation (Spearman ρ = .33, p < .001, n = 143) and clay concentrations (ρ = .55, p < .001, n = 33) as important drivers of the Σ7OPAH/Σ16EPA-PAH concentration ratios. Our results indicate that at low PAH contamination levels, secondary sources contribute considerably and to a variable extent to total OPAH concentrations, whereas at Σ16EPA-PAH contamination levels >400 ng g⁻¹, there was a nearly constant Σ7OPAH/Σ16EPA-PAH ratio (0.08 ± 0.005 [SE],n = 80)determined by their combustion sources.

Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-225465
Classification DDC: 500 Science and mathematics > 550 Earth sciences and geology
Divisions: 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Earth Science > Department of Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2022 13:03
Last Modified: 08 May 2023 11:37
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/22546
PPN: 507355660
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