Distribution, source apportionment and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface sediments of coal mining subsidence waters

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (75) ◽  
pp. 71441-71449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuozhi Ouyang ◽  
Liangmin Gao ◽  
Xiaoqing Chen ◽  
Suping Yao ◽  
Shihui Deng
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Ecological Risk ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Surface Sediments ◽  
Potential Ecological Risk ◽  
Mining Subsidence ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Coal Mining Subsidence

PAHs with three or four rings dominate in Yangzhuang coal mining subsidence waters of China. The pollution level of PAHs is quite low. Most of them come from combustion or oil sources and are proved to have no potential ecological risk.

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