Distribution and Fractional Composition of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Roadside Soils

Table 1

General site characteristics.

	Traktorostroiteley avenue	Pushkinskaya street	M18 Kharkov-Yalta
Traffic density^1	1027	774	575
Soil texture^2	Clayey loam	Loamy clay	Sandy-loamy silt
Org. C (%)	2.65±1.87	2.41±1.39	2.24±0.97
Na (%)	0.45±0.05	0.50±0.26	0.52±0.12
Mg (%)	0.43±0.19	0.40±0.16	0.43±0.29
Al (%)	3.42±1.33	3.20±1.43	3.47±2.23
Si (%)	36.96±3.06	37.62±2.33	37.10±4.83
K (%)	1.65±0.40	1.34±0.38	2.29±1.82
Ca (%)	1.91±0.60	1.39±0.25	1.32±0.17
Mn (%)	0.05±0.02	0.05±0.01	0.06±0.01
Fe (%)	1.95±0.77	2.20±0.61	1.91±1.13

1Vehicles per hour, medium values from October 2010, ²according to Arbeitsgemeinschaft Boden [13], arithmetic mean values ± standard deviation.