Changes in the fingerprint of oil derived substances in the
sediments of the Bílina River

J 2016

Changes in the fingerprint of oil derived substances in the sediments of the Bílina River

BARTHOVÁ, Ivica, Eva GERŠLOVÁ and Milan GERŠL

Basic information

Original name

Changes in the fingerprint of oil derived substances in the sediments of the Bílina River

Name in Czech

Změny v zastoupení látek ropného původu v sedimentech řeky Bíliny

Authors

BARTHOVÁ, Ivica (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Eva GERŠLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Milan GERŠL (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Zprávy o geologických výzkumech, 2016, 2336-5757

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00091234

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

Bílina River; C10-C40; TEH; PAH; fluoranthen; pyren

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the presence of the crude oil derived substances in the Bílina River sediments and to verify explanatory abilities of the used analytical methods. The Bílina River has its source on the slopes of Krušné hory and flows to the east through surface pits in an artificial corridor in its upper stream and further continues through the open landscape of the North Bohemian brown coal basin. The primary factor determining the current appearance of the landscape is human activity and anthropogenic embankments. The area along the Bílina River is loaded by the opencast brown coal mining and coal processing, petroleum refineries, and chemical plants. There are major industrial operations in the basin of the River Bílina which are particularly co-responsible over a long term for high levels of persistent organic pollutants and inorganic pollutants in the river sediments. Twenty samples of river sediments were collected along the Bílina River. All samples were subjected to the determination of the total extractable hydrocarbons, the total organic carbon, the total sulphur, and the sum of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAH). According to Herron (1988) most of the analysed samples belong to the shales or Fe-shales where a great possibility of sorption of inorganic or organic pollutants is expected. To distinguish the river segments with the prevailing input of the petrogenic from pyrogenic substances, correlation of the total extractable hydrocarbons and PAH were applied. The ratio fluoranthen / pyren, whose value from the anthropogenically modified flow in the segment Záluží - Bílina did not go beyond 0.5 which is significant for the presence of the emissions from the transport or the petroleum industry, has been proved superior to the other currently recommended ratios of PAH. The evaluation of the archival TEH data did not show any improvement of the water and sediment quality along the Bilina river profile.

Citovat

BARTHOVÁ, Ivica, Eva GERŠLOVÁ and Milan GERŠL. Changes in the fingerprint of oil derived substances in the sediments of the Bílina River. Zprávy o geologických výzkumech. 2016, vol. 2016, No 49, p. 83-86. ISSN 2336-5757.

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BARTHOVÁ, Ivica, Eva GERŠLOVÁ and Milan GERŠL. Changes in the fingerprint of oil derived substances in the sediments of the Bílina River. \textit{Zprávy o geologických výzkumech}. 2016, vol.~2016, No~49, p.~83-86. ISSN~2336-5757.

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