Sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in South China Sea short core sediments off Southern part Terengganu, Malaysia and multivariate statistics approaches

• Main Authors: Pang, Swee Yun, Suhaimi Suratman,, Hii, Yii Siang, Simoneit, Bernd R.T., Norhayati Mohd Tahir,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18051/1/2.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18051/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid50bil9_2021/KandunganJilid50Bil9_2021.html

Sediment cores from the southern South China Sea off the Terengganu coast were analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and perylene. The concentrations of total 17 PAH (TPAHs) and perylene varied between 5.45-27.7 ng/g and 0.51-7.77 ng/g, respectively. Analyses of variance showed signif...