SPME-GCMS study of the natural attenuation of aviation diesel spilled on the perennial ice cover of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Jaraula, Caroline M.B., Kenig, Fabien, Doran, Peter T., Priscu, John C., Welch, Kathleen A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2008
• Subjects: Jet fuel; Metabolites; Naphthalenes; Oil spill; SPME-GCMS; Water washing; East Antarctica; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/643; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.064

In January 2003, a helicopter crashed on the 5 m thick perennial ice cover of Lake Fryxell (McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica), spilling ~ 730 l of aviation diesel fuel (JP5-AN8 mixture). The molecular composition of the initial fuel was analyzed by solid phase microextraction (SPME) gas chromato...