Quantitative assessment data of PAHs and N-PAHs in core sediments from the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Autor: | F.D. Sikoki, Kirk T. Semple, Ihuoma N. Anyanwu |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Pollution
media_common.quotation_subject Nigeria Sediment cores medicine.disease_cause lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine PAHs N-PAHs medicine Quantitative assessment Niger Delta lcsh:Science (General) 030304 developmental biology media_common Data Article Niger delta 0303 health sciences geography Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category Environmental research Estuary Contamination Environmental chemistry Environmental science lcsh:R858-859.7 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Genotoxicity lcsh:Q1-390 |
Zdroj: | Data in Brief Data in Brief, Vol 33, Iss, Pp 106484-(2020) |
ISSN: | 2352-3409 |
Popis: | Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) pollution has been the focus of environmental research, mostly due to their mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and genotoxicity. Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the nitrogen-containing analogues (N-PAHs) (which tend to accumulate in sediments rather than water) was measured in 2 cm intervals segments from Bonny Estuary, Niger Delta using GC–MS. Data showed that PAHs/N-PAHs levels ranged from 8699 to 22,528 µg/kg and 503–2020 µg/kg, respectively. Furthermore, the data revealed that ƩPAHs level in the estuarine segments was > 45% higher than DPR/EGASPIN intervention limit. This gives insight on PAHs/N-PAHs contamination in the oil rich region. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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