Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (conc. given in μg/L) | Platform EB165A Gulf of Mexico (1995) | Platform GC19A Gulf of Mexico (1995) | North Sea Sampling (Norwegian sector, 1997) | Grand Banks (Hibernia oil field) | Scotian Shelf (Thebaud field) |
Naphthalene | 12.5 | 9.7 | 350 | 131 | 1512 |
C1-naphthalenes | 9.6 | 7.7 | 260 | 186 | 499 |
C2-naphthalenes | 5.7 | 6.7 | 150 | 163 | 92 |
C3-naphthalenes | 2.85 | 3.8 | 100 | 97.2 | 17 |
C4-naphthalenes |
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| 54.1 | 3.0 |
Acenaphthylene | 0.09 | 0.0185 | nd | 2.3 | 1.3 |
Acenaphthene | 0.009 | 0.038 | 1.8 | nd | nd |
Biphenyl |
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| nd | nd |
Fluorene | 0.135 | 0.23 | 8.9 | 16.5 | 13 |
Phenanthrene | 0.135 | 0.25 | 16.4 | 29.3 | 4.0 |
C1-phenanthrenes |
|
| 20.3 | 45.0 | 1.30 |
C2-phenanthrenes |
|
| 6.3 | 37.1 | 0.55 |
C3-phenanthrenes |
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| 7.9 | 24.4 | 0.37 |
Dibenzothiophene | 0.079 | 0.265 | 2.5 |
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C1-dibenzothiophenes | 0.19 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
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C2-dibenzothiophenes | 0.355 | 0.845 | 6.1 |
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C3-dibenzothiophenes | 0.365 | 0.87 | 3.2 |
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Fluoranthene | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.4 | 0.51 | 0.39 |
Pyrene | 0.014 | 0.017 | 0.7 | 0.94 | 0.36 |
Benz(a)anthracene |
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| 0.6 | 0.60 | 0.32 |
Chrysene | nd | 0.005 | 0.5 | 3.6 | nd |
Perylene |
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| nd | nd |
Benzo(b)fluoranthene |
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| 0.61 | nd |
Benzo(k)fluoranthene |
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| 0.2 | nd | nd |
Benzo(a)pyrene | nd | 0.001 | 0.2 | 0.38 | nd |
Benzo(e)pyrene |
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| 0.83 | nd |
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | nd | 0.0015 | 0.2 | 0.17 | nd |
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene |
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| 0.21 | nd |
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene |
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| nd | nd |