Compound-specific carbon isotope analyses of individual long-chain alkanes and alkanoic acids in Harmattan aerosols

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2225-2233

  Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol source; CSIA; Vascular plant wax; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKANOIC ACID; PETROLEUM;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHER PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NIGERIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

AEROSOL SOURCE; ALKANE; ALKANOIC ACID; CARBON ISOTOPE; HARMATTAN AEROSOL; PLANT WAX; VEGETATION;

NIGERIA;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARAFFINS;

AEROSOL SOURCE; COMPOUND SPECIFIC CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSES; HARMATTAN AEROSOLS; VASCULAR PLANT WAX; VEGETATION WAX;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0030616245     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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