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Formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in northern and middle taiga soils

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An integrated study of the qualitative and quantitative composition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmospheric precipitation-soil-lysimetric water system was performed using high performance liquid chromatography. It was shown that the accumulation of low-molecular PAHs (phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, and chrysene) in soils is due to the transformation of organic matter and the regional transport and deposition of PAHs with atmospheric precipitation on the underlying surface. High-molecular polyarenes (benz[b]fluoranthene, benz[k]fluoranthene, benz[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, benzo[ghi]perylene, and indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene) mainly result from the decomposition of soil organic matter.

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Original English Text © D.N. Gabov, V.A. Beznosikov, B.M. Kondratenok, E.V. Yakovleva, 2008, published in Pochvovedenie, 2008, No. 11, pp. 1334–1343.

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Gabov, D.N., Beznosikov, V.A., Kondratenok, B.M. et al. Formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in northern and middle taiga soils. Eurasian Soil Sc. 41, 1180–1188 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229308110069

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