Trace Metals and Hydrocarbons in Sediments of the Beaufort Lagoon, Northeast Arctic Alaska, Exposed to Long-Term Natural Oil Seepage, Recent Anthropogenic Activities and Pristine Conditions

By John J. KellyDebasmita MisraA. Sathy Naidu, et al.

There is a concern that anthropogenic contaminants discharged during petroleum- related activities can accumulate in the Beaufort Lagoon sediments. In response to this concern, concentrations of 12 metals were analyzed [copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V), lead (Pb), tin (Sn), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), barium (Ba), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn)] in the mud fraction and total mercury (THg) and hydrocarbons [saturated compounds such as normal and isoprenoid alkanes, triterpanes, steranes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] determined in gross sediments collected at 22 locations at the lagoon and in one natural oil seep.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514724251
• ISBN13: 9781514724255
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"