HYDROCARBON CHARACTERIZATION AND WEATHERING OF OILED INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS ALONG THE SAUDI ARABIAN COAST TWO YEARS AFTER THE GULF WAR OIL SPILL

摘要

Two years after the 1991 Gulf War oil spill, shoreline areas of Dawhat al Musallamiyah and Dawhat ad Dafi along the Saudi Arabian Coast impacted by the largest oil spill in history were Revisited to assess the changes, from weathering, in hydrocarbon composition of residual oil in Intertidal sediments. This was done to determine the effect of different geomorphic habitats from Exposed to sheltered on the extent of weathering of these oiled sediments. This 1993 study was a Continuation of the near shore geochemistry processes study conducted as part o the scientific Expedition on the R/V Mt.