Natural and anthropogenic inputs of hydrocarbons to the Strait of Georgia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-209

  Yunker, Mark B ^a   Macdonald, Robie W ^b   Goyette, Darcy ^c   Paton, David W ^b   Fowler, Brian R ^d   Sullivan, Dixie ^c   Boyd, Janice ^c  

^a Box 6000 ^*  (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

210Pb; Alkane and PAH hydrocarbons; Higher plant PAH; Hydrocarbon fluxes; PAH ratios; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORES; SURFACE MIXING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; DISSOLUTION; LEAD; OCEAN DUMPING; PARAFFINS; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CARAMIPHEN; COAL TAR; DECANE; DIBENZ[A,C]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTANE; PERYLENE; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRITERPENE;

HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMBUSTION; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; HIGHER PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALKANES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033037329     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00362-3     Document Type: Article

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