ABSTRACT
The types of organic compounds found in river and lake sediments include aliphatic hydrocarbons [1-6, 95-92], aromatic hydrocarbons [1-9], polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [10-15, 70-72, 75-83], phenols [16, 93-97 221], carboxylic acids [17, 98-107], phthalate esters [16, 18, 109], aldehydes [108], carbohydrates [19, 201, 201, 202], volatile chloroaliphatics [13, 21-26, 28, 34, 38, 57, 72, 115-119, 182-185], non-volatile chloroaliphatics [27-33, 82, 185], chlorophenols, [34, 35], polychlorobiphenyls [35-37, 40, 122-124, 128, 130-133, 222], chlorinated dioxins, [46, 136, 138-142], diazo nitrogen aromatics [148], alkyl and aryl phosphates [56, 158-161], adenosine phosphate [42], humic and fulvic acids [47, 198, 199], detergents, [51-54], organophosphorus insecticide [43-45, 162, 163], organo chlorine insecticides [120, 121, 166-186], azine type herbicides, [187-191, 193-195], carbamate type herbicides [49, 196, 197], phenoxy acetic acid type herbicides [48-50, 87], EPA priority pollutants [51-54], organosulphur compounds [150-151].
