Extensive sorption of organic compounds to black carbon, coal, and kerogen in sediments and soils: mechanisms and consequences for distribution, bioaccumulation …

G Cornelissen, Ö Gustafsson, TD Bucheli… - … science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
Evidence is accumulating that sorption of organic chemicals to soils and sediments can be
described by “dual-mode sorption”: absorption in amorphous organic matter (AOM) and …

Chemical reactivity and long-range transport potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons–a review

IJ Keyte, RM Harrison, G Lammel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are of considerable concern due to their well-
recognised toxicity and especially due to the carcinogenic hazard which they present. PAHs …

New directions in black carbon organic geochemistry

CA Masiello - Marine chemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
In the past 30 years, the field of black carbon (BC) research has expanded broadly,
stretching from its traditional core in the atmospheric sciences into oceanography, soil …

Global fate of POPs: current and future research directions

R Lohmann, K Breivik, J Dachs, D Muir - Environmental pollution, 2007 - Elsevier
For legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs), surprisingly little is still known
in quantitative terms about their global sources and emissions. Atmospheric transport has …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, black carbon, and molecular markers in soils of Switzerland

TD Bucheli, F Blum, A Desaules, Ö Gustafsson - Chemosphere, 2004 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were analysed in 23 soil samples (0–10 cm layer)
from the Swiss soil monitoring network (NABO) together with total organic carbon (TOC) and …

Determination of octanol–air partition coefficients and supercooled liquid vapor pressures of PAHs as a function of temperature: Application to gas–particle partitioning …

M Odabasi, E Cetin, A Sofuoglu - Atmospheric Environment, 2006 - Elsevier
Octanol–air partition coefficients (KOA) for 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were
determined as a function of temperature using the gas chromatographic retention time …

Effect of natural organic substances on the surface and adsorptive properties of environmental black carbon (char): pseudo pore blockage by model lipid components …

S Kwon, JJ Pignatello - Environmental science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
Black carbon (BC; char and soot) particles emitted to the environment typically are formed
with high microporosity and surface area, properties that are responsible for their presumed …

Contents and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in vegetable soils of Guangzhou, China

L Chen, Y Ran, B **ng, B Mai, J He, X Wei, J Fu… - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
We investigated contents, distribution and possible sources of PAHs and organochlorine
pesticides (Ops) in 43 surface and subsurface soils around the urban Guangzhou where …

Relationships between organic matter, black carbon and persistent organic pollutants in European background soils: Implications for sources and environmental fate

JJ Nam, O Gustafsson, P Kurt-Karakus, K Breivik… - Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) and total organic carbon (TOC) contents of UK and Norwegian
background soils were determined and their relationships with persistent organic pollutants …

Environmental carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil from Himalayas, India: Implications for spatial distribution, sources apportionment and risk …

NL Devi, IC Yadav, Q Shihua, Y Dan, G Zhang, P Raha - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is one of the important mountain ecosystems
among the global mountain system which support wide variety of flora, fauna, human …