Determination of Aliphatic and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Core Sediments off Johor, Malaysia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Determination of Aliphatic and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Core Sediments off Johor, Malaysia

Published:2021-08-30 Issue:4 Volume:37 Page:928-937
ISSN:2231-5039
Container-title:Oriental Journal Of Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Orient. J. Chem

Author:

Ruzani Raihanah Na Ilah¹,Suratman Suhaimi¹,Fadzil Muhammad Fais¹,Yun Pang Swee¹,Rozmi Nur Shahirah¹,Tahir Norhayati Mohd²

Affiliation:

1. 1Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

2. 2Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Abstract

Aliphatic hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were studied in two sediment cores of southern South China Sea off Johor coastal area. The concentrations of the total identified resolved aliphatic hydrocarbons (TiRAHs) in the coastal station (STC104) ranged from 0.35 to 2.07 µg/g while the offshore station (STC100) varied from 0.05 to 14.7 µg/g. The concentrations of total PAHs were varied from not detected to 33.9 ng/g. The nalkanes distribution in STC104 were predominant in short chain carbons from marine productivity, petroleum mixture and minor higher plant input, while STC100 exhibited a bimodal distribution with mixed input of marine and terrestrial origin. PAHs isomer ratios cross-plot have showed mixed input of pyrogenic and petrogenic inputs while perylene was dominated in STC100 followed by fossil fuels and pyrogenic source. Presence of perylene in both cores suggesting the contribution of biogenic sources. Principal component analysis was used to cluster the relationship of the hydrocarbons at both sediment cores.

Publisher

Oriental Scientific Publishing Company

Subject

Drug Discovery,Environmental Chemistry,Biochemistry,General Chemistry

Reference30 articles.

1. 1. Wu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Mi, T. Z.; Li, B.; Occurrence of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the core sediments of the Yellow Sea. Marine Chemistry, 2001, 76, 1–15.

2. 2. Vaezzadeh, V.; Pauzi, M. A. T.; Shau-hwai; Zaiton, Z.; Forensic investigation of aliphatic hydrocarbons in the sediments from selected mangrove ecosystems in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015, 100, 311–320.

3. 3. Jeng, W. L.; Lin, S.; Kao, S. J.; Distribution of terrigenous lipids in marine sediments off northeastern Taiwan. Deep-Sea Research Part II: TopicalStudies in Oceanography, 2003, 50, 1179.

4. 4. Tahir, N. M.; Pang, S. Y.; Abdullah, N. A.; Suratman, S.; Composition and sources of aliphatic lipids and sterols in sediments of a tropical island, southern South China Sea: Preliminary assessment. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013, 185, 10209–10216.

5. 5. Sutilli, M.; Ferreira, P. A. L.; Figueira, R. C. L.; Martins, C. C.; Depositional input of hydrocarbons recorded in sedimentary cores from Deception and Penguin Islands (South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctica). Environmental Pollution, 2019, 253, 981–991.