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Table 4 Diagnostic ratio of the PAHs

From: Ecological risk assessment of the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils of the abandoned sections of Orji Mechanic Village, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

Sample points

\(\frac{Phe}{Ant}\)

\(\frac{Ant}{Ant+Phe}\)

\(\frac{Fla}{Pyr}\)

\(\frac{Fla}{Fla+Pyr}\)

\(\frac{Ban}{Ban+Chy}\)

\(\frac{Bbf}{Bkf}\)

\(\frac{\sum Comb}{\sum PAHs}\)

\(\frac{\sum LPAHs}{\sum HPAHs}\)

A

1.36

0.42

1.88

0.67

0.77

0.72

0.26

0.208

B

2.90

0.33

4.85

0.18

0.19

2.69

0.39

0.660

C

3.00

0.25

0.83

0.45

0.90

0.08

0.16

0.525

D

0.91

0.52

2.04

0.67

0.64

1.56

3.76

0.244

E

1.95

0.34

4.92

0.33

0.11

3.20

0.33

0.429

CN1

5.66

1.73E−3

1.91

0.66

0.17

1.68

0.60

0.396

CN2

0.13

0.59

2.84

0.74

0.17

1.17

0.19

0.184