Application of alkane biological markers in the assessment of the origin of oil pollutants in the soil and recent river sediments (River Vrbas, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2018
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Samelak, IvanBalaban, Milica

Vidovic, Nada
Koljancic, Nemanja
Antić, Mališa
Šolević Knudsen, Tatjana

Jovančićević, Branimir

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In this paper, an attempt was made to contribute to the use of biological markers, n-alkanes, and polycyclic alkanes of the sterane and terpane type, in the assessment of the source of oil pollutants in the environment using the example of the correlation between recent river and coastal sediments,. Four samples of recent river sediments of the Vrbas River and four samples of adjacent bank sediments (soils), in the part of the River that belongs to the city of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) were analyzed. In the alkane fractions of isolated extracts, a bimodal distribution of the n-alkanes was observed. Lower homologues dominated in the recent river sediments with maximum at C15, but higher n-alkanes dominated in the soil samples, with a maximum at n-C29 or at n-C31. The higher concentration of steranes and terpanes with oil type distributions in the recent/fresh river sediments (compared to the bank sediments) represents evidence that lower n-alkanes originate from oil sources. T...he higher content of total hydrocarbons in the recent river sediments than in the bank sediments further confirms this conclusion. At the same time, these fundamental considerations provide evidence that oil pollution primarily occurred in the water flow and then the oil pollutants propagated towards the riverbank.
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oil type pollutant / recent river sediments / riverbank sediments correlation / native and anthropogenic organic substances / biomarkersSource:
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2018, 83, 10, 1167-1175Publisher:
- Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade
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- Geochemical investigations of sedimentary rocks - fossil fuels and environmental pollutants (RS-176006)
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- Supplementary material: https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4478
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DOI: 10.2298/JSC180501061S
ISSN: 0352-5139
WoS: 000448804500008
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85056227977
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IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Samelak, Ivan AU - Balaban, Milica AU - Vidovic, Nada AU - Koljancic, Nemanja AU - Antić, Mališa AU - Šolević Knudsen, Tatjana AU - Jovančićević, Branimir PY - 2018 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2376 AB - In this paper, an attempt was made to contribute to the use of biological markers, n-alkanes, and polycyclic alkanes of the sterane and terpane type, in the assessment of the source of oil pollutants in the environment using the example of the correlation between recent river and coastal sediments,. Four samples of recent river sediments of the Vrbas River and four samples of adjacent bank sediments (soils), in the part of the River that belongs to the city of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) were analyzed. In the alkane fractions of isolated extracts, a bimodal distribution of the n-alkanes was observed. Lower homologues dominated in the recent river sediments with maximum at C15, but higher n-alkanes dominated in the soil samples, with a maximum at n-C29 or at n-C31. The higher concentration of steranes and terpanes with oil type distributions in the recent/fresh river sediments (compared to the bank sediments) represents evidence that lower n-alkanes originate from oil sources. The higher content of total hydrocarbons in the recent river sediments than in the bank sediments further confirms this conclusion. At the same time, these fundamental considerations provide evidence that oil pollution primarily occurred in the water flow and then the oil pollutants propagated towards the riverbank. PB - Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade T2 - Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society T1 - Application of alkane biological markers in the assessment of the origin of oil pollutants in the soil and recent river sediments (River Vrbas, Bosnia and Herzegovina) VL - 83 IS - 10 SP - 1167 EP - 1175 DO - 10.2298/JSC180501061S ER -
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Samelak, I., Balaban, M., Vidovic, N., Koljancic, N., Antić, M., Šolević Knudsen, T.,& Jovančićević, B.. (2018). Application of alkane biological markers in the assessment of the origin of oil pollutants in the soil and recent river sediments (River Vrbas, Bosnia and Herzegovina). in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade., 83(10), 1167-1175. https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC180501061S
Samelak I, Balaban M, Vidovic N, Koljancic N, Antić M, Šolević Knudsen T, Jovančićević B. Application of alkane biological markers in the assessment of the origin of oil pollutants in the soil and recent river sediments (River Vrbas, Bosnia and Herzegovina). in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. 2018;83(10):1167-1175. doi:10.2298/JSC180501061S .
Samelak, Ivan, Balaban, Milica, Vidovic, Nada, Koljancic, Nemanja, Antić, Mališa, Šolević Knudsen, Tatjana, Jovančićević, Branimir, "Application of alkane biological markers in the assessment of the origin of oil pollutants in the soil and recent river sediments (River Vrbas, Bosnia and Herzegovina)" in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 83, no. 10 (2018):1167-1175, https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC180501061S . .