Spectrofluorometric Studies of the Aromatic Hydrocarbons
in the Bottom Sediments and Water Mass of the Western Sector
of the Arctic Region

A. V. Kursheva^a, I. V. Litvinenko^a, V. I. Petrova^a, and M. A. Galishev^b

^a I. S. Gramberg All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean,
St. Petersburg, Russia

^b St. Petersburg Institute of the State Fire-Fighting Service, Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations
of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia

E-mail: a.kursheva@mail.ru

Received March 17, 2008; in final form, December 19, 2008

Abstract—The results of the treatment of the database on the spectrofluorometric studies of aromatic hydro-
carbons (AHC) [over 500 bottom stations] allowed the authors to show the high informativity of the technique
used not only for geological environmental studies but also for gaining knowledge of the genetic parameters of
the organic matter. The principal spectral characteristics of the bottom sediments were established for different
lithofacies groups of sediments. The results obtained, which were verified by the data of the chromatographic
mass spectrometry, allow one to consider the research method developed to be suitable for multipurpose
geochemical surveys.

DOI: 10.1134/S0001437009050063

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