Linear alkylbenzenes as tracers of sewage-sludge-derived inputs of organic matter, PCBs, and PAHs to sediments at the 106-mile deep water disposal site

Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 325-342

  Lamoureux, Elizabeth M ^a   Brownawell, Bruce J ^a   Bothner, Michael H ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

106 mile site; LABs; PAHs; PCBs; Sewage tracers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010445029     PISSN: 1061026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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