Monitoring of pollution in sediments of the coasts in Egyptian Red Sea

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and aliphatic hydrocarbons (AHs) were analyzed in surface sediments collected from Suez till Hurgharda coasts to establish baseline levels for various types of organic pollutants before the anticipated identification of anthropogenic activities, petrogenic and biogenic. AHs for all samples were dominated by unresolved complex mixture (UCM), and petrogenic mixed with biogenic sources. Results also revealed that sedimentary PAHs mainly originated from pyrolysis sources.