Urban vs. marine based oil pollution in the Strait of Johor, Malaysia : a century record.

• Main Authors: Sakari, Mahyar, Zakaria, Mohamad P., Mohamed, Che A. Rahim, Lajis, Nordin H., Chandru, Kuhan, Bahry, Pourya S., Mokhtar, Mazlin B., Shahbazi, Azadeh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17532/

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) constitute a class of organic pollutants in the environment that come from combustion of organic matter and petroleum products and from natural sources. Reconstruction of PAH history from two sedimentary cores of the Strait of Johor in peninsular Malaysia show...