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Esterina Gagliano Candela

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Distribution of volatile organic compounds in Sicilian groundwaters analysed by head space-solid phase micro extraction coupled with gas chromatograp…

2008

This work presents the results of an assessment of the existence and concentration of 13 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in groundwaters from 14 hydrological basins in Sicily (25,710km (2)). On the basis of hydrological, hydrogeochemical and geological studies, 324 sampling points were selected. All groundwater sampled were collected twice, from October to December 2004 and from February to May 2005, and were analysed to determine the concentration and spatial distribution of the VOCs in the aquifers. The need to analyze a large number of samples in a short space of time so as to obtain quantitative analyses in trace concentration levels spurred us to create a new analytical method, both …

chemistry.chemical_classificationgeographyVolatile Organic CompoundsEnvironmental Engineeringgeography.geographical_feature_categoryEcological ModelingAquiferSolid-phase microextractionPollutionGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometrychemistryEnvironmental chemistryGroundwater pollutionVolatile organic compoundGas chromatographyGas chromatography–mass spectrometryWater pollutionWaste Management and DisposalSicilyGroundwaterSolid Phase MicroextractionWater Pollutants ChemicalWater Science and TechnologyCivil and Structural EngineeringEnvironmental MonitoringWater research
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Effect of solid waste landfill organic pollutants on groundwater in three areas of Sicily (Italy) characterized by different vulnerability

2017

The aim of this study was to obtain information on the presence and levels of hazardous organic pollutants in groundwater located close to solid waste landfills. Eighty-two environmental contaminants, including 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 20 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 29 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 7 dioxins (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, PCDDs) and 10 furans (polychlorinated dibenzofurans, PCDFs) were monitored in areas characterised by different geological environments surrounding three municipal solid waste landfills (Palermo, Siculiana and Ragusa) in Sicily (Italy) in three sampling campaigns. The total concentrations of the 16 PAHs were always below t…

Polychlorinated DibenzodioxinsMunicipal solid wasteSettore CHIM/10 - Chimica Degli AlimentiHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesis0208 environmental biotechnology02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencesSolid Waste01 natural sciencesSettore CHIM/12 - Chimica Dell'Ambiente E Dei Beni CulturaliPAHsVOCs.Hazardous wasteEnvironmental monitoringEnvironmental ChemistryEcotoxicologySettore CHIM/01 - Chimica AnaliticaPCBsSicilyGroundwaterBenzofurans0105 earth and related environmental sciencesPollutantDioxinEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental monitoringGeneral MedicineContaminationPolychlorinated BiphenylsPollution020801 environmental engineeringWaste Disposal FacilitiesDioxins; Environmental monitoring; Groundwater; Landfill ; PAHs ; PCBs ; VOCs.ItalyEnvironmental chemistryEnvironmental scienceLandfillWater Pollutants ChemicalGroundwaterPolychlorinated dibenzofurans
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Trace elements in Mirror of Venus lake waters (Pantelleria Island, Italy)

2016

Mirror of Venus lake (MV) is a small (1.5 km2) endorheic alkaline lake located in a calderic depression on the northern side of Pantelleria Island (South Italy), a quiescent Pleistocenic stratovolcano located in the NW-SE trending continental rift developed between North Africa and Sicily. The lake, sub-squared in shape (around ca 450 m long and ca 350 m wide and 13 m depth) water input contribution is essentially from the thermal springs situated on its shores (Q = 0.1 l.s-1) and from meteoric waters. A total volume of 580.000 m3 has been estimated in June 2014. CO2 flux measurements made with a floating accumulation chamber in 2014 on the MV surface (both diffusive and bubbling CO2) highl…

Pantelleria Trace elements volcanic lakeSettore GEO/08 - Geochimica E Vulcanologia
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