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Marine Chemistry

Volume 21, Issue 1, May 1987, Pages 25-35
Marine Chemistry

Concentration and flux profiles of PCBs, DDTs and PAHs in a dated sediment core from the lagoon of Venice

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Abstract

Concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons (p, p′-DDT, DDD, DDE, polychlorinated biphenyls) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were determined by GC, GC-MS and HPLC in the 15 sections of a 210Pb radiodated sediment core (50 cm length; 10 cm id) sampled in the lagoon of Venice. From the average sedimentation rate of each section, the fluxes of contaminants to the sediment surface were calculated and interpreted on the basis of the industrial evolution of the Venetian region.

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