The concentration and composition of hydrocarbons in water,particulate matter,and bottom sediments of the Kara Sea |
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| Authors: | I A Nemirovskaya |
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| Institution: | 1.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Data are presented on the content of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (AHC and PAH, respectively) in the interstitial
waters and bottom sediments of the Kara Sea compared to the distribution of the particulate matter and organic carbon. It
was found that the AHC concentrations within the water mass (16 μg/l on average) are mainly formed by natural processes. The
AHC distribution represents the variability of the hydrological and sedimentation processes in different regions of the sea.
The widest ranges of the concentrations were registered in the Ob Bay-Kara Sea section: in the water (10–310 μg/l for the
AHC and 0.4–7.2 ng/l for the PAH) and in the surface layer of the bottom sediments (8–42 μg/l for the AHC and 9–94 ng/g for
the PAH). The differentiation of the hydrocarbons (HC) in the different media follows the marginal filter’s regularities;
therefore, no oil and pyrogenic compounds are supplied to the open parts of the sea. In the sediment mass, the HC content
is determined by the variations in the oxidative conditions in the sediment and its material’s composition. |
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