Tar balls in Baltic Sea beaches |
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| Authors: | I A Nemirovskaya |
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| Institution: | (1) Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, 34116, Vefa, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | The results of studying tar balls on Baltic Sea beaches (the summer of 2008) are given with their comparison with other coastal
areas. Tar balls in concentrations of 0.01–1.2 g/running m on the beaches of Sambiiskii Peninsula are found to correspond
to a mean level of beach pollution. It is shown that, in addition to weathering, even high-molecular homologues in the composition
of tar balls are rapidly decaying. Therefore, the molecular markers currently in use are not unequivocal indicators to the
origin of hydrocarbons. |
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