Hydrocarbon and Toxic Metal Contamination from Tank Installations in a Northwest Greenlandic Village
Contamination from tank installations in the Arctic is an important issue, since tanks are a necessary feature of all communities, and may be a source of local pollution. Soil samples from below and around three tank installations and one reference site in the Northwest Greenlandic village of Tasius...
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/e29791ad-481f-41c9-a39e-e8bf83165a8f 2023-05-15T14:57:44+02:00 Hydrocarbon and Toxic Metal Contamination from Tank Installations in a Northwest Greenlandic Village Fritt-Rasmussen, Janne Jensen, Pernille Erland Christensen, Rune Haubo Bojesen Dahllöf, Ingela 2012 https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/e29791ad-481f-41c9-a39e-e8bf83165a8f https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1204-7 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Fritt-Rasmussen , J , Jensen , P E , Christensen , R H B & Dahllöf , I 2012 , ' Hydrocarbon and Toxic Metal Contamination from Tank Installations in a Northwest Greenlandic Village ' , Water, Air and Soil Pollution , vol. 223 , no. 7 , pp. 4407–4416 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1204-7 Contamination Arctic Hydrocarbons Toxic metals Greenland Above-ground storage tank installations article 2012 ftdtupubl https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1204-7 2023-01-04T23:57:59Z Contamination from tank installations in the Arctic is an important issue, since tanks are a necessary feature of all communities, and may be a source of local pollution. Soil samples from below and around three tank installations and one reference site in the Northwest Greenlandic village of Tasiusaq were analysed for the total content of hydrocarbons (THC), lead, cadmium and organic content in the soil. Concentrations up to 77,000 mg/kg DW THC were found, mainly as weathered oil products. Elevated levels of lead and cadmium were also found in many of the samples, with concentrations up to 300 and 2 mg/kg DW, respectively. The tank installation areas were contaminated by THC, lead and cadmium compared to the reference site, and parts of the areas were highly contaminated, exceeding the Danish environmental quality criteria. The correlation between lead and cadmium concentrations was significant (p<0.01), while no correlation existed between THC and organic matter. Small spills from daily use of the tank installations are suggested to be the source of the THC contamination, whereas the lead and cadmium contamination is suggested to originate primarily from the plume of smoke from waste incineration. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland greenlandic Tasiusaq Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit Arctic Greenland Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 223 7 4407 4416 |
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Contamination from tank installations in the Arctic is an important issue, since tanks are a necessary feature of all communities, and may be a source of local pollution. Soil samples from below and around three tank installations and one reference site in the Northwest Greenlandic village of Tasiusaq were analysed for the total content of hydrocarbons (THC), lead, cadmium and organic content in the soil. Concentrations up to 77,000 mg/kg DW THC were found, mainly as weathered oil products. Elevated levels of lead and cadmium were also found in many of the samples, with concentrations up to 300 and 2 mg/kg DW, respectively. The tank installation areas were contaminated by THC, lead and cadmium compared to the reference site, and parts of the areas were highly contaminated, exceeding the Danish environmental quality criteria. The correlation between lead and cadmium concentrations was significant (p<0.01), while no correlation existed between THC and organic matter. Small spills from daily use of the tank installations are suggested to be the source of the THC contamination, whereas the lead and cadmium contamination is suggested to originate primarily from the plume of smoke from waste incineration. |
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Fritt-Rasmussen, Janne Jensen, Pernille Erland Christensen, Rune Haubo Bojesen Dahllöf, Ingela |
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Fritt-Rasmussen, Janne Jensen, Pernille Erland Christensen, Rune Haubo Bojesen Dahllöf, Ingela |
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Hydrocarbon and Toxic Metal Contamination from Tank Installations in a Northwest Greenlandic Village |
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Hydrocarbon and Toxic Metal Contamination from Tank Installations in a Northwest Greenlandic Village |
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Hydrocarbon and Toxic Metal Contamination from Tank Installations in a Northwest Greenlandic Village |
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Fritt-Rasmussen , J , Jensen , P E , Christensen , R H B & Dahllöf , I 2012 , ' Hydrocarbon and Toxic Metal Contamination from Tank Installations in a Northwest Greenlandic Village ' , Water, Air and Soil Pollution , vol. 223 , no. 7 , pp. 4407–4416 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1204-7 |
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