Natural hydrocarbon background in benthic sediments of Prince William Sound, Alaska: Oil vs coal

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-42

  Short, Jeffrey W ^a   Kvenvolden, Keith A ^b   Carlson, Paul R ^b   Hostettler, Frances D ^b   Rosenbauer, Robert J ^b   Wright, Bruce A ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COAL; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; OIL SPILLS; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; OIL SEEPS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

COAL; HYDROCARBON; OIL;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; COAL; HYDROCARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032939510     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es980130w     Document Type: Article

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