for the main Paris combined sewer overflows (CSO) at low flows. The Seine River
basin outlet is sampled on floodplain cores (OUT 1 and OUT 2 ), at Muids and
Bouafles, near the outlet (Poses). Finally, an estuarine site on a harbour dock at
Rouen (EST) integrates both direct estuarine sources with the upstream river
Fig. 2 Schematic positions of sediment archives used in the Seine River basin (see text)
Table 1 Principal coring sites considered in the Seine River basin
Site (period
covered)
Basin
area
(km
2
)
Dpop
a
(cap.
km
À2
) Contaminants
b
Reference(s)
EST
Rouen harbour
(1965–2008)
75,000 208
Metals, major elements, lead isotopes, radionuclides, PAH, PCB,
PBDE, OCP
[26, 60, 61]
OUT 1 Bouafles
(1945–2004)
64,277 277
Metals, major elements, lead isotopes, radionuclides, PAH, PCB,
PBDE, alkylphenols, antibiotics
[14, 15, 19,
60–63]
OUT 2 Muids
(1933–2003)
64,484 276
Metals, major elements, lead isotopes, radionuclides, PAH
[14, 63, 64]
IND
Chauny
(1954–2004)
3,280 45
Metals, major elements, lead isotopes, radionuclides
[14, 63]
CSO
Chatou
(no datable
archive)
44,670 na
Metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, Fe)
[65, 66]
URB Troyes
(1972–2001)
3,410 47
Metals, major elements, lead isotopes, radionuclides
[14, 63]
PRI
Lac de
Pannecière
(1931–2008)
917 9
Metals, major elements, lead isotopes, radionuclides, PAH
[64]
na not available
a Population density (Dpop)
b
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