Spatio-temporal assessment of the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) sediment contamination in four major French river corridors (1945–2018)

Dendievel, André-Marie; Mourier, Brice; Coynel, Alexandra; Evrard, Olivier; Labadie, Pierre; Ayrault, Sophie; Debret, Maxime; Koltalo, Florence; Copard, Yoann; Faivre, Quentin; Gardes, Thomas; Vauclin, Sophia; Budzinski, Hélène; Grosbois, Cécile; Winiarski, Thierry; Desmet, Marc

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1153-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1153-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1153-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

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20 May 2020

Data description paper |

| 20 May 2020

Spatio-temporal assessment of the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) sediment contamination in four major French river corridors (1945–2018)

André-Marie Dendievel, Brice Mourier, Alexandra Coynel, Olivier Evrard, Pierre Labadie, Sophie Ayrault, Maxime Debret, Florence Koltalo, Yoann Copard, Quentin Faivre, Thomas Gardes, Sophia Vauclin, Hélène Budzinski, Cécile Grosbois, Thierry Winiarski, and Marc Desmet

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Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) indicators in sediments from the main French Rivers from 1945 to 2018 (Garonne, Loire, Rhône, Seine) A.-M. Dendievel, B. Mourier, M. Desmet, A. Coynel, P. Labadie, S. Ayrault, H. Budzinski, M. Debret, O. Evrard, T. Gardes, S. Vauclin, C. Grosbois, T. Winiarski, and M. Desmet https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.904277

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Polychlorinated biphenyl indicators (ΣPCBi) from sediment cores, bed and flood deposits, suspended particulate matter, and dredged sediments along the major French rivers (1945–2018) are compared with socio-hydrological drivers. ΣPCBi increased from 1945 to the 1990s due to urban and industrial emissions. It gradually decreased with the implementation of regulations. Specific ΣPCBi fluxes reveal the amount of PCB-polluted sediment transported by French rivers to European seas over 40 years.