TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sushkova, Svetlana 
AU  - Minkina, Tatiana 
AU  - Batukaev, Abdulmalik 
AU  - Turina, Irina 
AU  - Mandzhieva, Saglara 
AU  - Vasilyeva, Galina 
AU  - Kızılkaya, Rıdvan 
AU  - Zamulina, Inna 
AU  - Akca, Izzet 
PY  - 2015
TI  - Analysis of Benzo[a]Pyrene Contamination from an Long-Term Contaminated Soil
JF  - American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.1.11
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajbbsp.2016.1.11
AB  - Analysis of benzo[a]pyrene contamination from an aged contaminated chernozemic, meadow-chernozemic and alluvial soils under the effect of aerotechnogenic emissions from the Novocherkassk regional power plant have been revealed on the basis of annual monitoring studies from 2008 to 2012. A new ecologically clean highly-effective express-method of subcritical water extraction has been developed for determination of benzo[a]pyrene from soils of the emissions zone. It has been found that the 5-km zone to the northwest and west from the power station, which coincides with the predominant wind directions, is most subjected to contamination by benzo[a]pyrene, with the maximum accumulation at a distance of about 1.6 km from the emissions source. The vertical distribution coefficients of benzo[a]pyrene between the 0-5 cm and 5-20 cm layers closely correlate with the contents of physical clay, clay, organic matter and cation exchange capacity. It has been shown that the content of benzo[a]pyrene in the soil is an indicator of the technogenic pressure impact on the areas, for which the combustion products of hydrocarbon fuel are the major pollutants.