Samples for estimating concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocargons(PAHs), total petroleum hydrocarbons(TPHs), and
benzene-toluene-ethylbenzene-xylene(BTEX) were collected at the tidal flat sediments of 8 coastal sites in Incheon, at
seventy-two sampling stations for the surface sediment and twenty-four stations for the sediment core, twice in the spring
and fall in 2011. This study was performed to evaluate the distributions of seasonal and spatial concentrations of PAHs,
TPHs, and BTEX in the tidal flat sediments. The source origin of PAHs were carried out. The total average concentration
of PAHs in the tidal flat sediment was 95.62 ㎍/kg. The characteristic of PAHs concentration distributions was observed
that the average concentration in the autumn was lower than that in the spring, and higher concentration in the sediment
core than the surface sediment, and greater vertical concentration at the top rather than the bottom in the sediment core.
The total average concentration of TPHs at all sampling sites was in the value of 46 mg/kg. The characteristic of the TPHs
concentration distribution was observed that the average concentration in the fall was much higher than that in the spring,
and higher concentration in the surface sediment than the sediment core. The possible source of PAHs inputs were mainly
derived from both pyrogenic and petrogenic origin at the surface sediment at Janghwari site and the sediment cores of both
Sorae and Okyeon sites, while the rest sites of study areas originated with pyrogenic combustion.