Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and n-alkanes in sediments of the Upper Scheldt River Basin: contamination levels and source apportionment Adeline Charriau, Laurent Bodineau, Baghdad Ouddane, Jean-Claude Fischer To cite this version: Adeline Charriau, Laurent Bodineau, Baghdad Ouddane, Jean-Claude Fischer. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and n-alkanes in sediments of the Upper Scheldt River Basin: contamination levels and source apportionment. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009, 11 (5), pp.1086-1093. 10.1039/b819928k. hal-00922199 HAL Id: hal-00922199 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00922199 Submitted on 24 Dec 2013 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and n-alkanes in sediments of the Upper Scheldt River Basin: contamination levels and source apportionment Adeline CHARRIAU, Laurent BODINEAU, Baghdad OUDDANE* and Jean-Claude FISCHER *Université Lille 1, UMR-CNRS Géosystèmes 8157, Equipe Chimie Analytique et Marine, Bât C8, 2ème étage, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France. Fax: +33 320434481; Tel: +33 320434822; E-mail:
[email protected] Summary The Scheldt River system is located in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands and includes a dense network of rivers, which contributed to the urban and industrial development in this area.