Douglas, RewardNawar, S.Alamar, M. CarmenCoulon, FredericMouazen, Abdul M.2017-10-122017-10-122017-10-11Douglas RK, Nawar S, Alamar MC, Coulon F, Mouazen AM, Almost 25 years of chromatographic and spectroscopic analytical method development for petroleum hydrocarbons analysis in soil and sediment: state-of-the-art, progress and trends, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 47, 2017, Issue 16, pp1497-15271064-3389http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2017.1385368http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12623This review provides a critical insight into the selection of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques for semi-quantitative and quantitative detection of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and sediment matrices. Advantages and limitations of both field screening and laboratory-based techniques are discussed and recent advances in chemometrics to extract maximum information from a sample by using the optimal pre-processing and data mining techniques are presented. An integrated analytical framework based on spectroscopic techniques integration and data fusion for the rapid measurement and detection of on-site petroleum hydrocarbons is proposed. Furthermore, factors influencing petroleum hydrocarbons analysis in contaminated samples are discussed and recommendations on how to reduce their influence provided.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Analytical techniquesMulti-sensor and data fusionContaminated soilPetroleum hydrocarbonsArticle