توزع الفحوم الهيدروجينية الأليفاتية (AHs) في الرسوبيات الشاطئية البحرية لمصب نهر الكبير الجنوبي

Samples of shore marine sediments from nine sites of estuarine- Alkabeer Aljnouby River were collected during the period (5/7/2004-20/6/2005). The samples were extracted to determine their quntitively and qualitatively content of Aliphatic (AHs) using GC-FID technique. The concentration of (AHs) ranged between nd - 1793.7 ng/g (dry wt.). The highest concentrations of (AHs) were reported in L/S9 and L/S8 on the right side of river estuarine (Syrian sector) in comparison with L/S6 and L/S7 on the left of river estuarine (Lebanon sector). The distribution of n-alkans showed significant quantities of long chain n-alkanes (n-C22 to n-C34) in all stations. In addition, short chain n-alkanes (n-C12 to n-C21) was present in all samples. In general, the concentration of (AHs) was similar to that found in other regions on the east coast of the Mediterranean.