PETROLEUM POLLUTION BY VOLGONEFT-248 TANKER ACCIDENT OCCURED ON 29.12.1999 IN ISTANBUL, FLORYA-KÜÇÜKÇEKMECE AREA

Petroleum pollution by Volgoneft-248 tanker accident occured on 29.12.1999 in Istanbul, Florya-Küçükçekmece area

Erdoğan Okuş, Kasım C. Güven, Ayhan Uysal, Selma Ünlü, Tuncay Gezgin, Filiz Nesimigil, Selin Cumalı, Ahmet Yalçın

Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Müşküle Sokak 3, 34116 Vefa, Istanbul, TURKEY

Abstract

In  this work petroleum  pollution of  Volganeft-248 tanker accident was investigated in Florya and Küçükçekmece area in Sea of Marmara. After the accident 4365 tones oil spill in this area. The analysis was made by UVF and GC/MS during the 40 month s survey. After the accident the oil pollution was 14.05 g/L at S3 seawater and 441 µg/g at A4 sediment. The oil  pollution has decreased to 0.94  µg/L  in  seawater and to 9.6 µg/g in sediment in April 2003.

Keywords: Volgoneft-248, accident, Florya, Küçükçekmece

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