Geochemical patterns in sediments near offshore production platforms

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2554-2566

  Kennicutt II, Mahlon C ^a   Boothe, Paul N ^a   Wade, Terry L ^a   Sweet, Stephen T ^a   Rezak, Richard ^a   Kelly, F J ^a   Brooks, James M ^a   Presley, B J ^a   Wiesenburg, Denis A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION PLATFORM; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030428292     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-53-11-2554     Document Type: Article

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