Chemical characterization of naturally weathered oil residues in the sediment from Yellow River Delta, China

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• 作者：Chuanyuan Wang^a ; ^b ; ^{wangchy6111@163.com} ; ^{cywang@yic.ac.cn} ; Jianguo Du^c ; Xuelu Gao^a ; ^b ; Yi Duan^d ; Yanqing Sheng^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Oil spills ; Yellow River Delta ; Weathering ; Terrestrial environments ; Source identification
• 刊名：Marine Pollution Bulletin
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：November, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：62
• 期：11
• 页码：2469-2475
• 全文大小：1K

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With its close proximity to Shengli Oilfield, China¡¯s second largest oilfield, the Yellow River Delta is at high risk for crude oil contamination. The massive oil discharge in oilfield may offer a chance for a natural experiment to investigate compositional changes of oil residues and study the stability of source- and weathering-dependent molecular parameters in oil residues after spills. The results demonstrate that the conventional diagnostic ratios, such as C₂₉20S/(20S + 20R), C₂₉/C₃₀H, C₃₀¦Â¦Á/¦Á¦Â, C₃₁22S/(22S + 22R), C₂-DBTs/C₂-PHENs, C₃-DBTs/C₃-PHENs, DBT/MCHRY, CHRY/PHENs, are also valid for oil source identification even after extensive weathering of spilled oils in terrestrial environment, although some exceptions were encountered for extensively weathered sample. Moreover, the ratios of selected specific biomarkers (the oleanane index, the gammacerane index) have been developed and assessed as source indicators. Finally, we find that some maturity parameters based on alkyl naphthalenes and methyl phenanthrenes in petroleum geochemistry, such as the methylnaphthalene ratios (TMNr, TeMNr, PMNr), the methylphenanthrene ratios (MPI-1, MPDF), can be applied for the source identification and correlation at their lightly to moderately weathered stage.