Abstract

Raihanah Na Ilah Ruzani¹, Suhaimi Suratman^1*, Muhammad Fais Fadzil¹, Pang Swee Yun¹, Nur Shahirah Rozmi¹ and Norhayati Mohd Tahir²

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/370422

Aliphatic hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were studied in two sediment cores of southern South China Sea off Johor coastal area. The concentrations of the total identified resolved aliphatic hydrocarbons
(TiRAHs) in the coastal station (STC104) ranged from 0.35 to 2.07 µg/g while the offshore station (STC100) varied from 0.05 to 14.7 µg/g. The concentrations of total PAHs were varied from not detected to 33.9 ng/g. The nalkanes distribution in STC104 were predominant in short chain carbons from marine productivity, petroleum mixture and minor higher plant input, while STC100 exhibited a bimodal distribution with mixed input of marine and terrestrial origin. PAHs isomer ratios cross-plot have showed mixed input of pyrogenic and petrogenic inputs while perylene was dominated in STC100 followed by fossil fuels and pyrogenic source. Presence of perylene in both cores suggesting the contribution of biogenic sources. Principal component analysis was used to cluster the relationship of the hydrocarbons at both sediment cores.

Core Sediments; n-alkanes; PAHs; petrogenic; Johor Coastal Area

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