Source Apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Central European Soils with Compound-Specific Triple Isotopes (delta C-13, Delta C-14, and delta H-2)

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Authors	BOSCH Carme ANDERSSON August KRUSA Martin BANDH Cecilia HOVORKOVÁ Ivana KLÁNOVÁ Jana KNOWLES Timothy D. J. PANCOST Richard D. EVERSHED Richard P. GUSTAFSSON Orjan
Year of publication	2015
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Environmental Science and Technology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.5b01190
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01190
Field	Soil contamination adn decontamination incl. pesticides
Keywords	triple-isotope approach; olycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; PAHs; forest soils; coal combustion sources; central Europe
Description	This paper reports the first study applying a triple-isotope approach for source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The C-13/C-12, and H-2/H-1 isotope ratios of PAHs were determined in forest soils from mountainous areas of the Czech Republic, European Union. Statistical modeling applying a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) framework to the environmental triple isotope PAR data and an end-member PAR isotope database allowed comprehensive accounting of uncertainties and quantitative constraints on the PAR sources among biomass combustion, liquid fossil fuel combustion, and coal combustion at low and high temperatures. The results suggest that PAHs in this central European region had a clear predominance of coal combustion sources (75 +/- 6%; uncertainties represent 1 SD), mainly coal pyrolysis at low temperature (similar to 650 degrees C; 61 +/- 8%). Combustion of liquid fossil fuels and biomass represented 16 +/- 3 and 9 + 3% of the total PAR burden (Sigma PAH(14)), respectively. Although some soils were located close to potential PAR point sources, the source distribution was within a narrow range throughout the region. These observation-based top-down constraints on sources of environmental PARS provide a reference for both improved bottom-up emission inventories and guidance for efforts to mitigate PAR emissions.
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