Interrelationship of Pyrogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Contamination in Different Environmental Media.
Interrelationships between pyrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were assessed in air, soil, water, sediment, and tree leaves by using multi-media monitoring data. Concurrent concentration measurements were taken bimonthly for a year for the multi-media at urban and suburban sites. PAH level correlations between air and other media were observed at the urban site but were less clear at the suburban site. Considering a closer PAHs distribution/fate characteristics to soil than suspended solids, contamination in sediment seemed to be governed primarily by that in soil. The partitioning of PAHs in waters could be better accounted for by sorption onto black carbon and dissolved organic carbon.
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (BK-21), Seoul National University, Kwanakgu Kwanakro 599, Seoul 151-742, South Korea; E-Mail:  skkim89@gmail.com.
Seung-Kyu
SK
Kim
Dong Soo
DS
Lee
Won Joon
WJ
Shim
Un Hyuk
UH
Yim
Yong-Seung
YS
Shin