TABLE 1. Hydrocarbon content of lie Grande marsh sediments. 



SAMPLE WET AV-SP 



WEIGHT (q) <q/kq) 



^lrth Channel 



1.07 1.15 67.90 



1.20 2.06 6.40 



1.26 1.26 1.00 



1.34 1.14 4.00 



1.63 2. 24 t . 06 



1.12 1. 26 8. 10 



1.52 1.25 1.3] 



9. 00 

 0.91 



0. 21 



5.00 

 1.50 



I'pper *ud Flat 



1.05 11.48 16.91 11.44 12. 91 1.00 1. 31 5. 88 8. 



106.50 7.43 6.66 1.12 3.54 



7.50 6.11 2.66 2. 32 1. 14 



112.30 3.43 1.76 1.95 1.14 



Arabian light 100 q 



AV-SP • Before eeponif ica tlon AV/AP - Ratio 



Kp-SP - After saponi t lcation FB ■ Fraction B separated by Sep-Pak, HC CI elution 



weight in q per kg of dry sediisent. FB • Fraction A, hexane elution; total hydrocarbon* 



"T^ese concentrations were eva iu- ps • Surface crust 



j ted from sediment sample* scraped 

 by a spatula to about 0.05 en depth. 



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