Composition and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in surficial marine sediments from Kitimat Harbor, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-278

  Simpson, Christopher D ^a   Mosi, Andrew A ^a   Cullen, William R ^a   Reimer, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum smelter; Contamination; Marine sediments; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

AEOLIAN TRANSPORT; ALUMINIUM SMELTER; CONTAMINATION; FJORD; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, KITIMAT HARBOR; CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, KITIMAT HARBOUR;

EID: 0029668751     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)05026-4     Document Type: Article

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