Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) indicators in sediments from the main French Rivers from 1945 to 2018 (Garonne, Loire, Rhône, Seine)

André-Marie Dendievel (1) , Brice Mourier (1) , Marc Desmet (2) , Alexandra Coynel (3) , Pierre Labadie (3) , Sophie Ayrault (4, 5) , Hélène Budzinski (3) , Maxime Debret (6) , O. Evrard (4, 5) , Thomas Gardes (6) , Sophia Vauclin (1) , Cécile Grosbois (2) , Thierry Winiarski (1)

1 LEHNA - Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés
2 GéHCO EA6293 - GéoHydrosystèmes COntinentaux
3 EPOC - Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques
4 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
5 GEDI - Géochimie Des Impacts
6 M2C - Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière

We collected PCB analysis results from multiple sources (French Water Basin Agencies, Port Authorities, Research Laboratories) to produce a spatio-temporal database of PCB contamination in sediments along the main French Rivers (source-estuary) from 1945 to 2018. This database contains data from bed and flood deposits, cores, suspended particulate matter and dredged sediments. It presents sediment concentrations of PCB indicators (PCB28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, 180; µg/kg) and their sum or reconstructed sum according to the porportion of highly chlorinated congeners (PCB 138, 153 and 180).

Keywords: French Rivers; Hydrosystem; Persistent Organic Pollutant; PolyChlorinated Biphenyls (PCB); sediment

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Global Changes; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Continental interfaces, environment; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Geomorphology; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Hydrology; Chemical Sciences; Organic chemistry

André-Marie Dendievel, Brice Mourier, Marc Desmet, Alexandra Coynel, Pierre Labadie, et al.. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) indicators in sediments from the main French Rivers from 1945 to 2018 (Garonne, Loire, Rhône, Seine): Dataset. 2020, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.904277. ⟨10.1594/PANGAEA.904277⟩. ⟨cea-02623661⟩