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Sources and Distribution of n-Alkanes in Borneo Peat Core, Sarawak, Malaysia

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2020.22753
S.R. Kong
Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, University Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
H. Shaari
Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
N. Mohd Tahir
Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
S.Y. Pang
Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
M.F. Fadzil
Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
A. Sulaiman
Minerals and Geoscience Department of Malaysia, Jalan Perak, Seberang Jalan Putra, 05150 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia

Corresponding Author(s) : H. Shaari

riz@umt.edu.my

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 32 No. 9 (2020): Vol 32 Issue 9, 2020

Abstract

This work reported the n-alkanes contents in a 10 m peat core collected at Timbarap, Sarawak. Different biomarker proxies were used to understand the predominance of sources present in the tropical peatland of Borneo. The total concentrations of n-alkanes in selected depths of Timbarap peat core ranged between 0.01 and 12.60 μg/g with an average of 1.58 μg/g. The presence of strong odd-to-even predominance from higher molecular weight n-alkanes homologues with high values of carbon preference index (CPI) provide clear evidences of the terrestrial plant wax assemblages. Increment of low-molecular-weight n-alkanes provide an indicator of biogenic-aquatic organic materials. The ratios of isoprenoids (pristane and phytane) have shown that the peat core was under anaerobic and reducing-depositional conditions, which could result the predominance source that alternated between aquatic-biogenic and terrestrial-derived materials.

Keywords

Tropical peatland Tropical peatland GC-MS GC-MS Peat lithology Peat lithology Deposition Deposition Terrestrial Terrestrial
Kong, S., Shaari, H., Mohd Tahir, N., Pang, S., Fadzil, M., & Sulaiman, A. (2020). Sources and Distribution of n-Alkanes in Borneo Peat Core, Sarawak, Malaysia. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 32(9), 2243–2250. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2020.22753
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