Ratio of the concentration of anthraquinone to anthracene in coastal marine sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2415-2430

  McKinney, Richard A ^a   Pruell, Richard J ^a   Burgess, Robert M ^a  

^a Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ANTHRAQUINONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTHRACENES; ANTHRAQUINONES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033120180     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00435-4     Document Type: Article

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