A record of hydrocarbon input to San Francisco Bay as traced by biomarker profiles in surface sediment and sediment cores

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 115-127

  Hostettler, Frances D ^a   Pereira, Wilfred E ^a   Kvenvolden, Keith A ^a   Van Geen, Alexander ^a   Luoma, Samuel N ^a   Fuller, Christopher C ^a   Anima, Roberto ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Hydrocarbons; San Francisco Bay; Sediment

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032952627     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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