Black carbon and sorption of PAHs in natural fireimpacted sediments from Oriole Lake (CA) Rainer Lohmann1*, Kevyn Bollinger1, John King1, Mark Cantwell2, Tony Caprio3 1Graduate
School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, 02882, USA 2U.S. EPA, ORD\NHEERL-Atlantic Ecology Division, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA 3 National Park Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA 93271, USA
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project sampling location in 2007
Downcore profiles % OC
depth (c m )
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% BC 1.0
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B C - d 13C 3.0
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25
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-30
% retene
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O C - d 13C -32
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20
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25
25
25
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30
30
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45
Further work Establish BC record for last ~ 500 years, compare to tree record Is sorption of PAHs affected by chars? -1 -1 K d = focK oc + fSBCK SBCCwn (+ fcharK charCwnchar )? Use passive samplers to measure [PAH]porewater and Kd values Funding ACS-PRF# 46099-G2
Acknowledgements • SEKI staff for help in the field • Nate Vinhateiro, Chip Heil (URI-GSO) for field sampling • Julia Sullivan (URI-GSO) for more core extractions
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