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Sediment cores from the South China Sea off Southern Terengganu were collected during May (post-Northeast monsoon) and September (pre-Northeast monsoon) 2007. The core sediments were cut into 2 cm sections, freeze-dried and then Soxhlet extracted. Extracts were fractionated using column chromatography and the aromatic hydrocarbon fractions were determined using gas chromatography mass spectrometry. The concentration of perylene varied between 0.43–5.01 ng/g and 0.42–9.79 ng/g in May and September, while the total 16 USEPA listed priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (TPAHs) ranged from 6.01–20.2 ng/g and 4.89–34.7 ng/g during the same respective periods. The PAH cross plots showed that pyrogenic PAHs dominated during May, whereas pyrogenic and lesser petrogenic PAHs dominated during September. Total organic carbon (TOC) showed strong correlation with TPAH and perylene near land, suggesting transport of terrestrially derived PAHs (biogenic or anthropogenic) into coastal sediments via surface runoff into rivers.
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Mohd Tahir, N., Pang, S.Y., Hii, Y.S., Simoneit, B.R.T. (2014). Distribution and Sources of Perylene and other Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in South China Sea Sediments off Southern Terengganu Coast, Malaysia. In: Aris, A., Tengku Ismail, T., Harun, R., Abdullah, A., Ishak, M. (eds) From Sources to Solution. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-70-2_83
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