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Identification of petroleum sources in an area impacted by the Amoco Cadiz oil spill
- Source :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin. 19:107-115
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1988.
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Abstract
- Samples of oiled sediment and tar were taken at locations in the area of Brittany, France known as the ‘Pink Granite Coast’. Each sample was analysed for hydrocarbons by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to determine the probable source of any petroleum residues present. The results show numerous recent inputs of various petroleum products including crude oils and light fuel oils at various locations. By 1985, the data indicate that the contribution from remaining weathered residues of Amoco Cadiz oil to the hydrocarbon baseline is small compared to more recent inputs of petroleum.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
business.industry
Environmental engineering
Geochemistry
Tar
Sediment
Fuel oil
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
complex mixtures
Pollution
chemistry.chemical_compound
Petroleum product
Hydrocarbon
chemistry
Environmental science
Petroleum
Gas chromatography
Water pollution
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0025326X
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........dcae166098e280bf33d4e37d60cf5fcc