Abstract
Aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were examined in the surface layer of bottom sediments from the eastern part of the Sakhalin shelf (the materials were sampled in the summer of 2002). The concentrations of hydrocarbons were determined to have changed since the beginning of the development of oil fields (compared with earlier years). According to the distribution of markers in the hydrocarbon compositions, the bottom sediments are dominated by allochthonous (terrigenous) hydrocarbons, which are the most stable compounds. The presence of transformed anthropogenic oil alkanes, which have never been found before, may be indicative of the increasing pollution of the region.
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