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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2013.18.2.70

Heavy Metal Contamination in Sediments by Herbei Sprit Oil Spill  

Song, Yun Ho (Department of Ocean Environmental Science, Chungnam National University)
Choi, Man Sik (Department of Ocean Environmental Science, Chungnam National University)
Woo, Jun Sik (Geosystem Research Corporation)
Sim, Won Joon (Oil and POPs Research Group, South Sea Research Institute, KIOST)
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.18, no.2, 2013 , pp. 70-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since crude oil contains various pollutants including heavy metals, the environmental impact should be assessed for heavy metals as well as oil itself. In order to estimate the extent of heavy metal contamination, surface sediments were collected at the intertidal and coastal zone around the Herbei sprit oil spill area during December 2007 and January 2008. Organic carbon, sulfur and heavy metals were determined to assess heavy metal contamination in sediments. The crude oils contained C, S, V and Ni, but little toxic metals such as As, Cd, etc. From organic carbon content, the highest contaminated site was estimated that oils contributed to sediments up to 10%, and this site showed high V concentration. Potentially contaminated sediments by crude oil could be differentiated from unaffected sediments through V/Al and Ni/Al ratios, which can be used as indicators of oil contamination even after the oils were fully degraded.
Keywords
heavy metals; oil spill; geochemistry; Herbei Sprit;
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