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An application of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging to study migration rates of oil-related residues in estuarine sediments
Biodegradation
Springer Netherlands
ISSN 0923-9820 (Print) 1572-9729 (Online)
Volume 9, Number 6 / Ноябрь 1998 г.
DOI 10.1023/A:1008325711374
pp. 443-449
An application of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging to study migration rates of oil-related residues in estuarine sediments
J.A. Chudek1 and A.D. Reeves2

(1) Department of Chemistry, UK
(2) Department of Geography, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN Scotland, UK


Abstract Organisations such as the Marine Control Pollution Unit of the Department of Transport are at present testing the suitability of burial and landfarming of oily residues in sandy coastal environments as an alternative to landfill sites. The tendency for oil related compounds to sorb to sediments has been extensively investigated, but this has not permitted the ''observation'' or measurement of advection/diffusion processes or the breakdown of these compounds within sediments.
MRI, which is a multidimensional technique allowing the position of nuclei (most commonly protons) to be charted within a volume, provides a means of monitoring advection and diffusion of oil within sediments, thus offering a method of assessing the harming potential of oils in near-shore environments. A three dimensional MRI analysis of the movement of oil in an organic substrate and in three related estuarine sediments show that, using appropriate parameters, movement of the oil can be both observed and quantified. The results presented in terms of the % change of oil distribution within each sediment sample, show the great potential of MRI in studying protonated contaminants in these materials.
anthropogenic contamination - magnetic susceptibility artefacts - marine sediment - MRI - oil


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