Urban runoff is known as an important contributor to diffuse a wide range of pollutants to
receiving environments. Hydrocarbons are common contaminants in runoff mainly …

The levels of petroleum hydrocarbons and the concentrations of aliphatic compounds were
measured in the muscles of the mugilid fish Planiliza subviridis population at Abu Sakhir and …

Core Ideas This is the first and systematic study on n‐alkanes in soils from the YRDNR. The
soils in the YRDNR have been contaminated by oil production. The Chinese government …

The analysis of aliphatic hydrocarbons, which are composed of n-alkanes as well as
branched and cyclic alkanes, can be used to distinguish between the sources of …

The total n-alkane concentrations in the fish tissue samples were 9.14| jg g− 1 Dwt, and the
Pr and Ph concentrations were 0.22 and 0.85 jig g− 1 Dwt, respectively. The CPI (carbon …

This study focused on the determinate the concentrations of Total hydrocarbon by using
spectroflurometer, for soil in ten stations at West Qurna-2 oil field. The regional distribution of …

Due to the important area of the Tigris, Euphrates and Shatt Al-Arab rivers in Iraq, and the
effect of pollutant to theses rivers, the object of study is the origin and sources of PAHs …

This chapter discusses the distribution, characteristics, sources, and environmental impacts
of hydrocarbons in the Shatt Al-Arab River and the northern part of the Arabian/Persian Gulf …

Soil samples were collected at a depth of 0 to 20 cm from 11 oil fields in the Basrah
governorate (Seba, Safwan, Majnoon, Ratawi, Bergezia, West Qurna2, West Qurna1 …

Petroleum hydrocarbon compounds are one pollutant that contributes to water pollution in
Um Alnaaj Marshes in Iraq. The present study aimed to estimate the role of some aquatic …