A record of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution obtained from accreting sediments of the Tamar Estuary, U.K.: Evidence for non-equilibrium behaviour of PAH

Science of the Total Environment, The

Volumn 66, Issue C, 1987, Pages 73-94

  Readman, J W ^a   Mantoura, R F C ^a   Rhead, M M ^b  

^a Institute for Marine Environmental Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ESTUARY; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENGLAND; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0023525445     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(87)90079-9     Document Type: Article

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