Abstract

Shortchained alkylphenols (SCAP) represent a main constituent of crude oil and coal liquefaction products. Due to their specific oil/water partitioning behaviour and high aqueous solubility they can be detected in oil exploitation waters and groundwaters affected by various spills near oil pipelines, oil exploitation sites and coal liquefaction plants. New efficient and powerful analytical techniques have been developed that allow the identification of all 34 individual compounds (C0-C3) without derivatisation and in complex matrices. Due to the different physico-chemical properties of the SCAP, differential transport behaviour in groundwater can be observed, changing the relative concentrations of SCAP downgradient in space and time. These characteristic ratios can be employed to derive information on migration direction and the ageing of the source of contamination. A case study is presented to illustrate the use of this new tool.

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Publication details

DOI
10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp29-37
Journal
Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 7(2), 29
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University
Open access
Gold open access
License
CC BY 4.0

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APA 7

Sauter, M., & Licha, T. (2002). Use of Short Chained Alkylphenols (SCAP) in Analysis of Transport Behaviour of Oil Contaminated Groundwater. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 7(2), 29. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp29-37

MLA 9

Sauter, Martin, and Tobias Licha. "Use of Short Chained Alkylphenols (SCAP) in Analysis of Transport Behaviour of Oil Contaminated Groundwater." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 7, no. 2, 2002, pp. 29. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp29-37.

Chicago (author–date)

Sauter, Martin, and Tobias Licha. 2002. "Use of Short Chained Alkylphenols (SCAP) in Analysis of Transport Behaviour of Oil Contaminated Groundwater." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 7 (2): 29. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp29-37.

Harvard

Sauter, M. and Licha, T. (2002) 'Use of Short Chained Alkylphenols (SCAP) in Analysis of Transport Behaviour of Oil Contaminated Groundwater', Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 7(2), pp. 29. doi:10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp29-37.

Vancouver

Sauter M, Licha T. Use of Short Chained Alkylphenols (SCAP) in Analysis of Transport Behaviour of Oil Contaminated Groundwater. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences. 2002;7(2):29. doi:10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp29-37

IEEE

M. Sauter, and T. Licha, "Use of Short Chained Alkylphenols (SCAP) in Analysis of Transport Behaviour of Oil Contaminated Groundwater," Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 29, 2002, doi: 10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp29-37.