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- Title
Hydrocarbons in the Littoral Sediments and March Soils of the Southwestern Coast of the Barents Sea.
- Authors
Kursheva, A. V.; Morgunova, I. P.; Petrova, V. I.; Litvinenko, I. V.
- Abstract
The genesis, facies conditions of sedimentation, degree of organic matter transformation in the bottom sediments and march soils of the southwestern coast of the Barents Sea are characterized based on results of a GC-MS study of the composition and distribution of hydrocarbons (n-alkanes, isoprenoids, steranes, hopanes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and their alkyl homologues). The effects of the toxicity levels of polyarenes on the biota inhabiting the tidal zones of the coast was assessed, and areas of elevated anthropogenic load were identified (littoral of the eastern Tana Fjord, the village of Kiberg, Abram Cape, the village of Mishukovo, the mouth of the Kulonga River, the apex part of Yarnyshnaya Bay, and Oscar Bay), indicating an unfavorable ecological state of the tidal zones of the Barents Sea coast.
- Subjects
ANTANANARIVO (Madagascar); POLYCYCLIC aromatic hydrocarbons; HYDROCARBONS; SOILS; SEDIMENTS; FACIES
- Publication
Geochemistry International, 2023, Vol 61, Issue 9, p972
- ISSN
0016-7029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0016702923090070