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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

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

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

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

Data description paper

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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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RC1: 'sediment contamination trend', Marc Babut, 03 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'General answer to RC1', André-Marie Dendievel, 27 Feb 2020
RC2: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'General answer to RC2', André-Marie Dendievel, 27 Feb 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by André-Marie Dendievel on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Mar 2020) by David Carlson

RR by Marc Babut (03 Apr 2020)

ED: Publish as is (03 Apr 2020) by David Carlson

AR by André-Marie Dendievel on behalf of the Authors (10 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by André-Marie Dendievel on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2020) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (18 May 2020) by David Carlson

Short summary

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.