Content levels and distribution oil products in the components of elementary landscapes according to the mega-profile "Eastern Donbass - the Taganrog Bay coast of the Sea of Azov"
Abstract
Content levels and distribution oil products in the components of elementary landscapes according to the mega-profile "Eastern Donbass - the Taganrog Bay coast of the Sea of Azov"
Incoming article date: 14.09.2022Еxpedition studies were conducted in order to take samples in the components of elementary landscapes - precipitation (snow), surface waters, roadside dust, soil, bottom sediments and sediments at the water's edge along the route of Shakhty (Eastern Donbass) – Margaritovo village (coast of Taganrog Bay) in the Rostov region. In the selected samples, the mass concentration of oil products (OP) was determined, the analysis of which showed that road dust and snow are one of the sources of soil pollution, surface water and bottom sediments. The following sequence of oil product content levels has been revealed as they decrease: road dust → soil → sediments at the water's edge → bottom sediments → snow → surface water, which persists at almost all but one station. The content of oil products in the soils of the region should be estimated as varying from acceptable to average, while the surface waters contained this pollutant in concentrations below the MPC for the waters of fish farms.
Keywords: elementary, landscape, natural components, oil products, Rostov region, road dust, soil, bottom sediments, snow, surface water