Research Article

Distribution and Fractional Composition of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Roadside Soils

Table 2

Concentrations of individual components (in mg kg−1 soil) of selected soil samples.

Traktorostroiteley avenueM18Pushkinskaya street
WindwardLeewardWindwardLeewardLeeward

Distance from road (m)1660111111540100
Soil depth (cm)0.50.50.510150.50.50.50.50.50.5
TPH (GC-MS)26828719719191395127337981185312453108

Phenanthrene0.390.620.794.901.070.6713.72.491.761.350.10
Naphthalene0.120.11
Acenaphthylene10.50.11
Acenaphthene0.19
Fluoranthene0.290.870.507.382.970.4143.42.440.850.410.29
Pyrene0.140.590.264.071.620.1925.91.430.510.180.16
Benzo(a)anthracene2.100.8519.80.660.19
Chrysene0.081.990.6724.00.760.200.05

PAH Sum0.902.081.5520.47.181.391377.773.812.040.59

n-Pentadecane0.150.170.230.780.250.33
n-Hexadecane0.381.043.211.151.206.851.251.79
n-Heptadecane0.601.730.550.837.141.581.20
n-Octadecane0.731.204.151.262.0420.44.022.18
n-Nonadecane0.362.640.9619.41.721.44
Icosane0.391.233.981.011.7911.82.581.23
Heneicosane0.621.098.063.933.6516.77.111.24
Docosane1.450.622.6738.121.416.78.4549.210.52.591.19
Tricosane2.532.2891.452.448.83.764.082.28
Tetracosane3.410.161.2511972.189.412.12.705.203.33
Pentacosane4.460.630.2511170.010115.64.106.393.61
Hexacosane4.490.320.6989.260.095.420.13.127.143.29
Heptacosane5.571.230.1857.540.665.225.93.778.312.58
Octacosane4.320.661.0429.723.336.927.61.767.951.45
Nonacosane6.153.900.412.2113.119.819729.03.5710.61.25
Triacontane3.470.641.087.016.249.0524.30.877.740.78
Hentriacontane4.654.850.155.714.307.2811123.15.0510.80.76
Dotriacontane1.295.652.231.874.0233.015.84.82
Tritriacontane1.4311.32.241.072.4421.414.34.71
Tetratriacontane2.103.203.701.541.036.291.312.57
Pentatriacontane2.680.931.471.391.33

UCM21626716513161012763319491424835787
%UCM8193846973608477797980

Empty cells: below detection limit (PAH: 0.05 mg kg−1; alkanes: 0.15 mg kg−1); UCM: unresolved complex mixture [14].