Core sediments and oil chemistry from contaminated mangroves in eastern Niger Delta, Ogoniland, Nigeria.
| Title: | Core sediments and oil chemistry from contaminated mangroves in eastern Niger Delta, Ogoniland, Nigeria. |
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| Authors: | Gundlach ER; Bodo Mediation Initiative, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Electronic address: ErichEti@cs.com.; Giadom FD; Bodo Mediation Initiative, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.; Akpokodje EG; Department of Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.; Bonte M; Shell Global Solutions International B.V., 2288GK Rijswijk, Netherlands.; Tse AC; Department of Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.; Ekeocha NE; Department of Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.; Story KT; Biomark Environmental Analytics, Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada.; Acra EJ; Department of Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. |
| Source: | Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2021 Oct; Vol. 171, pp. 112714. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 29. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0260231 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-3363 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0025326X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mar Pollut Bull Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2003- : Oxford : Elsevier; Original Publication: London, Macmillan. |
| MeSH Terms: | Petroleum*/analysis ; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons*/analysis ; Water Pollutants, Chemical*/analysis; Environmental Monitoring ; Geologic Sediments ; Niger ; Nigeria |
| Abstract: | Thirty cores to maximum depth of 3.7 m were taken in 2018 to investigate sedimentary characteristics and hydrocarbon penetration within mangrove sediments in Bodo (southeastern Niger Delta), an area contaminated by numerous ongoing oil spills but most significantly in 2008. Sediments were dominated by organically rich (Chikoko) mud underlain by clay with sandier sediments at deeper core depths and adjacent to shorelines. Analysis of 202 samples showed high median hydrocarbon concentrations at the surface (39,000 mg/kg) and shallow subsurface (10-25 cm, 25,000 mg/kg), decreasing with depth: 430 mg/kg at 40-70 cm; 157 mg/kg at 75-120 cm, and |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Bodo; Chikoko mud; Contaminated sediments; Cores; Mangrove; Niger Delta; Nigeria; Oil spill |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 0 (Petroleum); 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons); 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20210801 Date Completed: 20210929 Latest Revision: 20210929 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112714 |
| PMID: | 34333305 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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