Hydrologic and Water-Quality Responses in Shallow Ground Water Receiving Stormwater Runoff and Potential Transport of Contaminants to Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, 2005

Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5162

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5162
Version 1.1, December 2008

Table 4. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds determined in bottom-sediment samples collected from stormwater control basin, site PA1, South Lake Tahoe, California, and laboratory reporting levels.

[Laboratory reporting level in micrograms per kilogram]

Compound	Laboratory reporting level
Acenaphthene	10
Acenaphthylene	10
Anthracene	10
Benz[a]anthracene	10
Benz[a]pyrene	10
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	10
Benzo[e]pyrene	10
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	10
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	10
Chrysene	10
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	10
1,2-Dimethylnaphthalene	10
1,6-Dimethylnaphthalene	10
2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene	10
2-Ethylnaphthalene	10
Fluoranthene	10
Fluorene	10
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene	10
2-Methylanthracene	10
1-Methyl-9H-fluorene	10
1-Methylphenanthrene	10
1-Methylpyrene	10
Naphthalene	10
Perylene	10
Phenanthrene	10
Pyrene	10
2,3,6-Trimethylnaphthalene	10

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