NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Journal of the Faculties of Science and Agriculture, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
ISSN: 1119-9008
DOI: 10.5987/UJ-NJSE
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DISTRIBUTION AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHs) IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIX
DOI: 10.5987/UJ-NJSE.17.084.3 | Article Number: ABDE997 | Vol.10 (3) - December 2011
Author: Emoyan O. O.
The levels, distribution and in relation to their sources, sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated in surface water and soil samples around the Kokori oil Field, Nigeria, using gas chromatograph (GC). Hawlett Packard 6890. It was observed that all tested samples have been contaminated with PAHs with different levels ranging from 0-1.0468mgL-1 with total mean value of 9.491mgL-1 for water sample, while soil samples mean values ranged between 0 and 0.001145mg/kg with total mean concentration of 0.006mg/kg. The percentage distribution of low PAHs/high PAHs and ratio analysis show that their sources are petrogenic and pyrogenic but dominated with petrogenic PAHs. The Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (0.99) between the water and soil sample for the contaminants studied is high and positive.
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