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Assessing PAH and PCB emissions from the relocation of harbour sediments using equilibrium passive samplersGerard Cornelissen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 72:1581-7. 2008..The POM-55 equilibrium passive samplers are here shown to be useful tools for measuring and understanding the dynamics involved in the release of dissolved contaminants during sediment relocation...
Freely dissolved concentrations and sediment-water activity ratios of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in the open Baltic SeaGerard Cornelissen
Department of Applied Environmental Sciences ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 42:8733-9. 2008..Comparison of C(PW) with total sediment concentrations indicated that more than 90% of the compounds were sorbed to sedimentary black carbon...- Field testing of equilibrium passive samplers to determine freely dissolved native polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrationsGerard Cornelissen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 27:499-508. 2008.... - Bioaccumulation of native polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from sediment by a polychaete and a gastropod: freely dissolved concentrations and activated carbon amendmentGerard Cornelissen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806, Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:2349-55. 2006..This implies that either site-specific evaluations of AC amendment are necessary, using several site-relevant benthic organisms, or that the physiology of H. reticulata caused artifactually high BSAF values in the presence of AC... - Strong sorption of native PAHs to pyrogenic and unburned carbonaceous geosorbents in sedimentsGerard Cornelissen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 40:1197-203. 2006..Itwas shown that phenanthrene sorption to AC was, on average, reduced by a factor of 6 in sediment-AC mixtures compared to pure AC... - Sorption of organic compounds to fresh and field-aged activated carbons in soils and sedimentsAmy M P Oen
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, P O Box 3930, Ullevål Stadium, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 46:810-7. 2012..Thus, a certain level of long-term sustainability of this remediation approach is observed, but conclusions for decade-long periods cannot be drawn solely based on the present study... - Extensive sorption of organic compounds to black carbon, coal, and kerogen in sediments and soils: mechanisms and consequences for distribution, bioaccumulation, and biodegradationGerard Cornelissen
Department of Applied Environmental Sciences (ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 39:6881-95. 2005.... - How quality and quantity of organic matter affect polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon desorption from Norwegian harbor sedimentsAmy M P Oen
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806, Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:1258-67. 2006..Furthermore, significant positive correlations between desorption behavior and the average particle size were observed, which could be explained by retarded intraparticle diffusion... - Relations between environmental black carbon sorption and geochemical sorbent characteristicsGerard Cornelissen
Institute for Applied Environmental Research (ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 38:3632-40. 2004..Because of the limited variation in BC sorption strength with widely varying BC characteristics, the presented BC sorption coefficients may putatively be used as generic starting points for environmental modeling purposes... - Estimating the in situ sediment-porewater distribution of PAHs and chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in anthropogenic impacted sedimentsHans Peter H Arp
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 43:5576-85. 2009.... - Field measurement of diffusional mass transfer of HOCs at the sediment-water interfaceEspen Eek
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P O Box 3930, Ullevaal Stadion, NO 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 44:6752-9. 2010..Measured fluxes from the uncapped sediment agreed well with calculated fluxes, the median of the ratio of the measured flux over the calculated flux was 0.9 with an inter quartile range of 0.5-1.6... - Relation between PAH and black carbon contents in size fractions of Norwegian harbor sedimentsAmy M P Oen
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Pb 3930 Ullevaal Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Pollut 141:370-80. 2006..As sorption to BC is much stronger than sorption to OC, this may result in significantly lower dissolved concentrations of PAH than expected on the basis of organic carbon partitioning alone... - Predicting low biota to sediment accumulation factors of PAHs by using infinite-sink and equilibrium extraction methods as well as BC-inclusive modelingAmy M P Oen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NGI, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 64:1412-20. 2006..reticulata. Risk assessment strategies of in situ contamination should therefore include a combination of chemical methods accounting for bioavailability, as well as bioaccumulation studies... - Sorption of native polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) to black carbon and amended activated carbon in soilRahel C Brändli
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Ulleval Stadion, Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 73:1805-10. 2008.... - The contribution of urban runoff to organic contaminant levels in harbour sediments near two Norwegian citiesGerard Cornelissen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, P O Box 3930, Ulleval Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Mar Pollut Bull 56:565-73. 2008..Since there are ongoing emissions into the two studied harbour areas, it is concluded that the addition of an actively sorbing capping material such as activated carbon might be the best remediation alternative... - Remediation of contaminated marine sediment using thin-layer capping with activated carbon--a field experiment in Trondheim harbor, NorwayGerard Cornelissen
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadium, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 45:6110-6. 2011..Thus, application of an AC-clay mixture is recommended as the optimal choice of the currently tested thin-layer capping methods for PAHs, and more research on optimizing its implementation is needed... - Effects of added PAHs and precipitated humic acid coatings on phenanthrene sorption to environmental Black carbonGerard Cornelissen
Institute of Applied Environmental Research ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Pollut 141:526-31. 2006..Therefore, competition between d(10)-PHE and the native PAHs could explain the whole attenuation of sorption to BC in unmodified sediments... - Black carbon-dominated PCDD/Fs sorption to soils at a former wood impregnation siteGerard Cornelissen
Department of Applied Environmental Sciences ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Chemosphere 72:1455-61. 2008..This study shows that strong sorption to BC should be included when assessing ecotoxicological risk or modeling transport to groundwater of PCDD/Fs in soil... - Use of life cycle assessments to evaluate the environmental footprint of contaminated sediment remediationMagnus Sparrevik
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P O Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, NO 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 45:4235-41. 2011..The results from this study show that LCA may be a valuable tool for assessing the environmental footprint of sediment remediation projects and for sustainable sediment management... - In situ measurement of PCB pore water concentration profiles in activated carbon-amended sediment using passive samplersAmy M P Oen
Department of Environmental Technology, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 45:4053-9. 2011.... - Prediction of large variation in biota to sediment accumulation factors due to concentration-dependent black carbon adsorption of planar hydrophobic organic compoundsGerard Cornelissen
Institute for Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Toxicol Chem 24:495-8. 2005.... - Influence of historical industrial epochs on pore water and partitioning profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in Oslo Harbor, Norway, sediment coresHans Peter H Arp
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 30:843-51. 2011..Reexposure of sediments of this epoch increases risks to local benthic species. Implications on natural recovery as a sediment management strategy are discussed... - Activated carbon amendment to sequester PAHs in contaminated soil: a lysimeter field trialSarah E Hale
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Ulleval Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 87:177-84. 2012..DOC was bound by AC, while the concentrations of nutrients (NO(3), NO(2), NH(4), PO(4), P-total, K, Ca and Mg) were variable and likely affected by external environmental factors... - Sorption of PAHs and PCBs to activated carbon: coal versus biomass-based qualityKatja Amstaetter
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Environmental Engineering, Ullevaal, 0806 Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 87:573-8. 2012..This difference is tentatively attributed to the difference in pore size distribution, narrow pores being more prone to clogging, and could have implications for remediation feasibility with AC from different sources... - Quantifying the total and bioavailable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dioxins in biocharsSarah E Hale
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, PO Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 46:2830-8. 2012..No clear pattern of how strongly PAHs were bound to different biochars was found based on the biochars' physicochemical properties... - Black carbon-inclusive modeling approaches for estimating the aquatic fate of dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofuransJames M Armitage
Department of Applied Environmental Science ITM, Stockholm University, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 42:3697-703. 2008..However, for estimation of K(TOC) or dissolved water concentrations, both versions of the combined AOC and BC sorption models provided greatly improved estimates compared to the AOC-only model... - Predicting pore water EPA-34 PAH concentrations and toxicity in pyrogenic-impacted sediments using pyrene contentHans Peter H Arp
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 45:5139-46. 2011.... - Importance of unburned coal carbon, black carbon, and amorphous organic carbon to phenanthrene sorption in sedimentsGerard Cornelissen
Institute for Applied Environmental Research (ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 39:764-9. 2005..This indicates that it is important to consider strong sorption to coal in the risk assessment of coal-impacted geosorbents (e.g., river beds) where coal is mined/shipped and manufactured gas plant sites... - Quantification of activated carbon contents in soils and sediments using chemothermal and wet oxidation methodsRahel C Brändli
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, PO Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Pollut 157:3465-70. 2009..Wet oxidation effectively functioned for AC quantification in sediments, with almost complete AC recovery (81-92%) and low remaining amounts of native organic carbon (5-16%)... - Large-scale field study on thin-layer capping of marine PCDD/F-contaminated sediments in Grenlandfjords, Norway: physicochemical effectsGerard Cornelissen
Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P O Box 3930 Ullevaal, NO 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 46:12030-7. 2012.... - Effect of sorbate planarity on environmental black carbon sorptionGerard Cornelissen
Institute of Applied Environmental Research ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 38:3574-80. 2004..Using the measured BC nanopore surface area, a close agreement between modeled and measured BC sorption data could be found... - Sorption characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aluminum smelter residuesGijs D Breedveld
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P O Box 3930, N 0806 Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 41:2542-7. 2007..Weathering of the coal tar residue and/or redistribution of PAH between coal tar and BC phases could explain the reduced availability in aged samples... - Activated carbon and biochar amendments decrease pore-water concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sewage sludgePatryk Oleszczuk
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, Oslo, Norway
Bioresour Technol 111:84-91. 2012..It is concluded that both AC and biochar are effective at reducing PAH pore-water concentrations, the more expensive and non-carbon negative AC having the greatest effect... - Effects of chemical, biological, and physical aging as well as soil addition on the sorption of pyrene to activated carbon and biocharSarah E Hale
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, P O Box 3930, Ulleval Stadion, N 0806, Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 45:10445-53. 2011..Our results suggest that AC and biochar have a high sorption capacity for pyrene that is maintained both in the presence of soil and during harsh aging. Both materials could therefore be considered in contaminated land remediation... - Diffusion of PAH and PCB from contaminated sediments with and without mineral capping; measurement and modellingEspen Eek
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, PO Box 3930 Ullevaal Stadion, NO 0806 Oslo, Norway
Chemosphere 71:1629-38. 2008.... - Tributyltin sorption to marine sedimentary black carbon and to amended activated carbonRahel C Brändli
Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:503-8. 2009..The results indicate that powdered AC might be a feasible remediation agent for sediments contaminated by organotins... - Sorption of phenanthrene to environmental black carbon in sediment with and without organic matter and native sorbatesGerard Cornelissen
Institute for Applied Environmental Research (ITM, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 38:148-55. 2004..Because sorption is a central process affecting contaminant behavior and ecotoxicity, understanding this process can strongly contribute to risk assessment and fate modeling... - Passive partitioning of polychlorinated biphenyls between seawater and zooplankton, a study comparing observed field distributions to equilibrium sorption experimentsAnna Sobek
Department of Applied Environmental Science ITM, Stockholm University, SE 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 40:6703-8. 2006..7-50 microm), which supports the absence of significant biomagnification... - Sorption to black carbon of organic compounds with varying polarity and planarityGerard Cornelissen
Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 39:3688-94. 2005.... - Aerosol-Water Distribution of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in the Baltic Sea RegionAnna Sobek
Department of Applied Environmental Science ITM, Stockholm University, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Environ Sci Technol 47:781-9. 2013..These findings can be used to improve future fate modeling of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in marine environments and specifically the Baltic Sea... - Life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impact of biochar implementation in conservation agriculture in ZambiaMagnus Sparrevik
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, Oslo, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 47:1206-15. 2013..Of special importance is the biochar production technique which has to be evaluated from both environmental/climate, health and social perspectives... - Effects of contact time on the sequestration and bioavailability of different classes of hydrophobic organic chemicals to benthic oligochaetes (Tubificidae)Rik H Kraaij
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Environ Toxicol Chem 21:752-9. 2002..The present study provides evidence of a relationship between sequestration status and bioavailability of HOC to benthic deposit feeders... - Slow and very slow desorption of organic compounds from sediment: influence of sorbate planarityPaul C M Van Noort
Institute for Inland Water Management and Wastewater Treatment RIZA, PO Box 17, 8200 AA, Lelystad, The Netherlands
Water Res 37:2317-22. 2003..The difference in influence of sorbate planarity on the very slowly desorbing domain as compared to the slowly desorbing domain points to different environments for the slowly and the very slowly desorbing fractions... - Black carbon: the reverse of its dark sideAlbert A Koelmans
Department of Environmental Sciences, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, AEW, Wageningen University, P O Box 8080, Ritsemabosweg 32a, 6700 DD Wageningen, The Netherlands
Chemosphere 63:365-77. 2006..This implies that current environmental risk assessment systems for these contaminants may be unnecessarily safe... - Influence of sorbate planarity on the magnitude of rapidly desorbing fractions of organic compounds in sedimentPaul C M Van Noort
Institute for Inland Water Management and Wastewater Treatment RIZA, Lelystad, The Netherlands
Environ Toxicol Chem 21:2326-30. 2002..The present findings suggest that simple molecular modeling of the thickness of nonplanar organic compounds enables the estimation of the affinity for rapidly desorbing sites relative to planar compounds... - Passive samplers versus surfactant extraction for the evaluation of PAH availability in sediments with variable levels of contaminationMickaël Barthe
Institut des sciences de la mer à Rimouski ISMER, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, 310 allee des Ursulines, Rimouski Qc, Canada G5L 3A1
Chemosphere 71:1486-93. 2008.... - Direct evidence of sequestration in sediments affecting the bioavailability of hydrophobic organic chemicals to benthic deposit-feedersRik Kraaij
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Environ Sci Technol 36:3525-9. 2002..Furthermore, the present study demonstrates the need to modify traditional use of the equilibrium partitioning model to account for variation in the sequestration status of HOC in sediments...