Leipzig, Rosental

Park area in the centre of Leipzig city

The park Rosental is a recreation area. The soil sampling site is located inside this area between the river Parthe and the dyke Elstermühlgraben. The soil can be classified as Fluvisol (German soil classification KA 4: pseudovergleyte Vega) originating from flood plain sediments of the rivers Elster and Parthe.

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• DDT in soil

Specimen

• Soil

  Soil is livelihood and biosphere for humans, animals, plants and soil organisms. All the substances brought in are transported, transformed and/or accumulated in the soil.

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Analytes

• Metals

  Eighty percent of all elements on earth are metals

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• Nonmetals

  Only eighteen elements in the periodic table

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• Chlorohydrocarbons

  Group of organic compounds with at least one covalently bonded chlorine atom

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• DDT and metabolites

  Toxic and persistent organochloropesticide

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• Hexachlorocyclohexane

  Several isomeric compounds among the group of chlorinated hydrocarbons

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• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

  Group of organic compounds with at least three condensed six-membered rings

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• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds

  Organic compounds which are fully (per-) or partially (poly-) fluorinated

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• Stable Isotopes

  Atoms of one element with different weights

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• Supplementary parameters

  Additional information for the interpretation of contamination data

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Sampling period

Extended information

Literature

• Bodenprofilaufnahme und Charakterisierung der Bodenprobenahmeflächen der Umweltprobenbank des Bundes
  Lämmerhirt, Merle; Weinfurtner, Karlheinz
  Schmallenberg: Fraunhofer-Institut für Molekularbiologie und Angewandte Oekologie, 2004. - 90; FKZ: 301 02 006, 2004