Compound specific isotope analysis of fatty acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aerosols: Implications for biomass burning

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2 -2 pt 5, 1996, Pages 97-104

  Ballentine, Donna C ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^a   Turekian, Vaughan C ^a   Gilhooly, William P ^a   Martincigh, Bice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

13C of fatty acids; anthropogenic hydrocarbons; biomass burning; PAH; sugar cane

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMASS BURNING; FLUORANTHENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROSCOPY (GCIRMS); PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH); PYRENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUGAR CANE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0030427963     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00110-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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