Abstract
In weekly intervals water samples of bulk precipitation and different Karst waters from the vadose and phreatic zone of two hydrogeologically and hydrochemically different Karst catchment areas in Upper Franconia (F.R.G.) were taken. Water samples and additional soil, residual loam and sinter samples were analyzed for benzo(a)pyrene, fluoranthene, benzo(ghi)perylene by HPTLC and α-BHC, lindane by GC. Furthermore, partition coefficients of these micropollutants between carbonate water and top soil material, residual loam and dolomite were determined. The calculation of effective equilibrium coefficients between soil water and soil of ambient Rendolls revealed that the thin soil layer of Karst terrains acts as major pollutant sink. Furthermore, co-precipitation of pollutants can occur during the precipitation of dissolved humic material. However, due to rapid percolation of soil and Karst waters 0.3 to 3.3 % of the deposited contaminants can reach the groundwater.
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Simmleit, N., Herrmann, R. The behavior of hydrophobic, organic micropollutants in different Karst water systems. Water Air Soil Pollut 34, 97–109 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176870
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