Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 47, Issue 9-12, Pages 423-452Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00215-7
Keywords
fingerprinting; oil fingerprinting; biomarkers; diagnostic ratios; oil analysis; spill identification; oil forensic analysis; oil composition
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Oil, refined product, and pyrogenic hydrocarbons are the most frequently discovered contaminants in the environment. To effectively deter-mine the fate of spilled oil in the environment and to successfully identify source(s) of spilled oil and petroleum products is, therefore, extremely important in many oil-related environmental studies and liability cases. This article briefly reviews the recent development of chemical analysis methodologies which are most frequently used in oil spill characterization and identification studies and environmental forensic investigations. The fingerprinting and data interpretation techniques discussed include oil spill identification protocol, tiered analytical approach, generic features and chemical composition of oils, effects of weathering on hydrocarbon fingerprinting, recognition of distribution patterns of petroleum hydrocarbons, oil type screening and differentiation, analysis of source-specific marker compounds, determination of diagnostic ratios of specific oil constituents, stable isotopic analysis, application of various statistical and numerical analysis tools, and application of other analytical techniques. The issue of how biogenic and pyrogenic hydrocarbons are distinguished from petrogenic hydrocarbons is also addressed. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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