A rapid field method for detecting oil in sediments |
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| Authors: | Lewis R Brown Gerard S Pabst Melvin Light |
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| Institution: | 1. Microbiology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, U.S.A.;2. US Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Avery Point, Groton, CT 06340, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | A rapid thin-layer chromatographic technique for estimating the relative concentration of crude oil in sediments has been developed. The limit of detection on the chromatogram is 2 μg of Empire Mix or Saudi Arabian crude oil. The technique has been tested on 335 sediment samples collected from 67 stations in the Gulf of Mexico and has been utilized in assessing the location of oil entering the sediments from the Argo Merchant spill incident. |
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