Journal
JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
Volume 122, Issue 2, Pages 467-477Publisher
INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0268-0
Keywords
Sediments; lipids; n-alkanes; Visakhapatnam harbour
Funding
- European Commission [Pl510658]
- UGC-CSIR, New Delhi
- CSIR-HRD, New Delhi
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Surface sediments collected from 19 stations along Visakhapatnam harbour were analysed for organic carbon (OC), delta (13)C(o)c, total lipids (TL), total hydrocarbon (THC), n-alkane concentration and composition. OC, delta (13)C(o)c, TL and THC ranged from 0.6% to 7.6%, -29.3 to -23.8aEuro degrees, 300 to 14,948 g g (-aEuro parts per thousand 1) dw, and 0.2 to 2,277 g g (-aEuro parts per thousand 1) dw, respectively. Predominance of even carbon numbers n-alkanes C-12-C-21 with carbon preference index (CPI) of < 1 suggests major microbial influence. Fair abundance of odd carbon number n-alkanes in the range of C-15-C-22 and C-23-C-33 indicates some input from phytoplankton and terrestrial sources, respectively. Petrogenic input was evident from the presence of hopanes and steranes. The data suggest that organic matter (OM) sources varied spatially and were mostly derived from mixed source.
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