Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fuel-oil contaminated soils, Antarctica

Chemosphere

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2201-2207

  Aislabie, Jackie ^a   Balks, Megan ^b   Astori, Norma ^c,d   Stevenson, Gavin ^c   Symons, Robert ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Institut Bachema   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Soils

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; FUEL OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

OIL SPILL; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; FUEL OILS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033486402     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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