Ramia AL BAKAIN, Professor of Analytical and Environemntal Chemistry, The University of Jordan- Amman
Sediment samples obtained from 11 locations from Tripoli Port − Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba − Red Sea were collected, extracted and analysed using GC-FID. The sediment samples were scanned to reveal all possible HCs necessary for sediments clustering. The validated method was evaluated for selectivity and precision. Grouping the sediment samples was accomplished using PCA and HCA. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to classify sediment samples and to use the PCA and HCA to predict the location for future samples in blind.