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. 2009 Dec 14;10:12. doi: 10.1186/1467-4866-10-12

Table 7.

PAH concentration in A- and B- horizons of urban/agricultural and forest soil in the Valasske Mezirici Region

Sample ID/locality Štěpánov (19) Agricultural soil A-horizon Štěpánov (19) Agricultural soil B-horizon Hodslavice (21) Forest soil A-horizon Hodslavice (21)/Forest soil B-horizon
PAHs mg/kg dm
Naphthalene 0.008 0.009 0.32 0.006
Acenaphthylene 0.004 0.007 < 0.10 0.003
Acenaphthene 0.009 < 0.008 0.25 0.011
Fluorene < 0.020 < 0.016 0.12 < 0.020
Phenanthrene 0.11 0.093 1.3 0.02
Anthracene 0.015 0.009 0.13 0.002
Fluoranthene 0.26 0.25 3.2 0.044
Pyrene 0.19 0.18 2 0.031
Benzo [a] anthracene 0.099 0.088 0.97 0.013
Chrysene 0.17 0.15 2.2 0.034
Benzo [b] fluoranthene 0.13 0.092 1.8 0.037
Benzo [k] fluoranthene 0.061 0.049 0.78 0.012
Benzo [a] pyrene 0.12 0.093 1.1 0.015
Dibenzo [a.h] anthracene 0.085 0.055 1.1 0.016
Benzo [ghi] perylene 0.018 0.012 0.26 0.004
Indeno [123-cd] pyrene 0.17 0.11 1.9 0.029
Σ 16 PAHs 1.469 1.221 17.53 0.297
Σ 7 carcinogenic PAHs 0.835 0.637 9.850 0.156
cox (%) 3.82 1.78 17.85 4.58

cox content of organic oxidable carbon in soil samples (%)