Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources.
Massive development over the past century has led to environmental oil-related pollution around the Malaysian city of Malacca. To characterize the concentration, sources, and origins of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Malacca’s coastal water in the Strait of Malacca, sediment cores from near sho...
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| author | Sakari, Mahyar Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim Lajis, Md. Nordin Abdullah, Mohd Harun Shahbazi, Azadeh |
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| description | Massive development over the past century has led to environmental oil-related pollution around the Malaysian city of Malacca. To characterize the concentration, sources, and origins of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Malacca’s coastal water in the Strait of Malacca, sediment cores from near shore and offshore were collected and analyzed. The highest concentration of total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Near Shore station core was 4447 ng/g dry weight (dw) (1963–1969), and the lowest was 177 ng/g dw (1949–1955). The lowest concentration of PAHs in the Near Shore sample was 452 ng/g dw (1991 to 1997). In general, the Offshore core showed lower concentrations of total PAHs than did the Near Shore core, ranging from 1.71 (1914–1920) to 714.37 ng/g dw (1963–1969). Diagnostic tools such as specific compound, isomer ratio, and hopane characteristics indicate pollution by petroleum and combustion of oils from Southeast Asia and the Middle East in the study area since the 1940s. |
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| spelling | upm-250292013-08-01T06:13:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25029/ Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. Sakari, Mahyar Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim Lajis, Md. Nordin Abdullah, Mohd Harun Shahbazi, Azadeh Massive development over the past century has led to environmental oil-related pollution around the Malaysian city of Malacca. To characterize the concentration, sources, and origins of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Malacca’s coastal water in the Strait of Malacca, sediment cores from near shore and offshore were collected and analyzed. The highest concentration of total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Near Shore station core was 4447 ng/g dry weight (dw) (1963–1969), and the lowest was 177 ng/g dw (1949–1955). The lowest concentration of PAHs in the Near Shore sample was 452 ng/g dw (1991 to 1997). In general, the Offshore core showed lower concentrations of total PAHs than did the Near Shore core, ranging from 1.71 (1914–1920) to 714.37 ng/g dw (1963–1969). Diagnostic tools such as specific compound, isomer ratio, and hopane characteristics indicate pollution by petroleum and combustion of oils from Southeast Asia and the Middle East in the study area since the 1940s. Taylor & Francis 2011 Article PeerReviewed Sakari, Mahyar and Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi and Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim and Lajis, Md. Nordin and Abdullah, Mohd Harun and Shahbazi, Azadeh (2011) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. Environmental Forensics, 12 (1). pp. 63-78. ISSN 1527-5922 http://www.tandf.co.uk/ 10.1080/15275922.2010.547911 English |
| spellingShingle | Sakari, Mahyar Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim Lajis, Md. Nordin Abdullah, Mohd Harun Shahbazi, Azadeh Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. |
| title | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. |
| title_full | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. |
| title_fullStr | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. |
| title_short | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. |
| title_sort | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources. |
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