Pang, Swee Yun and Suratman, Suhaimi and Latif, Mohd Talib and Khan, Md Firoz and Simoneit, Bernd R. T. and Mohd Tahir, Norhayati (2022) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments of Southern Terengganu, South China Sea, Malaysia: Source assessment using diagnostic ratios and multivariate statistic. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (11). pp. 15849-15862. ISSN 0944-1344, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16762-6.
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Surface sediments along the Southern Terengganu coast (<= 7 km from the coast) were analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The concentrations of 16 USEPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (sigma PAH(16)) ranged from 2.59 to 155 ng g(-1) and their respective alkylated ranged between 8.80 and 24.90 ng g(-1). Traces of acephenanthrylene, benzoc]phenanthrene, thiophenic PAH, and benzonaphthofuran were identified. PAH diagnostic ratios and cross-plots revealed that these sedimentary PAH compounds are derived mainly from pyrogenic sources, primarily from biomass burning and petroleum combustion residues with minor petrogenic input. The high correlations between pyrogenic PAHs to total PAHs (r >0.73, p <0.5), and the Bap/Bep ratio to total PAHs (r = 0.88, p <0.5), suggest that atmospheric deposition and urban runoff are the main deposition pathways. The concentrations of the PAHs in the southern South China Sea fall in the moderate contamination range of 100-1000 ng g(-1).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) through an E-Science Fund [04-01-12-SF0065], Higher Institution Centre of Excellence Research Grant [66928] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Atmospheric deposition; Biomass burning; Coastal sediments; PAH diagnostic ratios |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2022 01:25 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2022 01:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/33741 |
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