ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENTS FROM OSO BAY, SOUTH TEXAS, USA

abstract

• The Oso Bay, Texas, sediments from nine sites were analyzed by GC-MS for organics to measure contamination in the bay. In most of the sites sediments contained tetrachloroethene (87-1433 g/kg), bis (2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (40-193 g/kg), and aliphatic hydrocarbons, C8-C13 (720-2491 g/kg). Sources of these contaminants include a landfill, military facilities, and municipal and industrial discharges. Size analysis of the sediments indicates they contain a high percentage of muddy sand (50-75 percent), which suggests that Oso Bay consists of common bay margin sediments. 1995 Springer-Verlag.

authors

• Sharma, Virender

published proceedings

• ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• HOLLYFIELD, S., & SHARMAN, V. K.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• HOLLYFIELD, S||SHARMAN, VK

publication date

• March 1995

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• n0177-5146ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Coastal Water
• Contamination
• Sediments

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF00767870

start page

• 137

end page

• 140

volume

• 25

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00767870