• Imarah, Faris J. M.
• Asadi, Manal K. Kh.

The North Western part of Arabian Gulf is represented by Southern Marine region which is an area covered Al-Faw City as a coast line stretches from Shatt Al-Arab river estuary to the north and Iraqi marine shores to the south. An area which effected heavily by the tidal currents from the Arabian Gulf as well as by the water discharges from Iraqi land via Shatt Al-Arab river. This study area is represented by a long coast covered by mud which is contaminated by different pollutants such as Poly cyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PSAHs) and chemical elements arises from different sources: sinking ships, transportation, atmospheric deposition, … etc. within this study four sites, Shatt Al-Arab Estuary (ES) and three marine sites (MS1, MS2, and MS3) of mud flats around Al-Faw city were investigated for PAHs and some chemical elements. PAHs were determined by HPLC and chemical elements by AAS. All sites of collected mud were contaminated to a certain levels by both PAHs and chemical elements (Cd, Co, Cu, Pb, and Zn). PAHs were reported in the range 48 µg/g in site MS1 to 186 µg/g in MS3 being the highly contaminated site. Zn was reported to be the highest in all sites ranged between 97.47 µg/g in site MS2 and 117.43 µg/g in site MS3. The lowest levels were for Cd in the range 0.05 µg/g in site MS2 to 6.99 µg/g in site ES. The trend of chemical elements in the mud flats was as follows: Zn> Cu> Pb> Co> Cd. And the levels reported in studied sites following the trend: ES> MS3> MS1> MS2. ES is effected directly by the sinking vessels in Shatt Al-Arab river since the Gulf war 1 and site MS3 is effected by the tidal current of the Arabian Gulf.

Mud Flats, Shatt Al-Arab Estuary, Al-Faw Coast, PAHs, Chemical Elements, HPLC, AAS.

"PAHs and Some Heavy elements in the tidal flat area of Al-Faw city, North- Western Arabian Gulf", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.1032-1038, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907743.pdf

"PAHs and Some Heavy elements in the tidal flat area of Al-Faw city, North- Western Arabian Gulf", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp1032-1038, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907743.pdf