Quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 65-71

  Mazzera, David ^a   Hayes, Terry ^a   Lowenthal, Douglas ^a   Zielinska, Barbara ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; McMurdo Station; PAHs in soils

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORANTHENE; FOSSIL FUEL; GASOLINE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EXTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033006523     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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