Field study on desorption rates of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated marine sediment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2431-2435

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Wu, Rudolf S S ^b   Hong, Hua Sheng ^a   Poon, Ka Fai ^b   Lam, Michael H W ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contaminated sediments; Desorption kinetics; Environmental fate; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DESORPTION; KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033796958     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620191006     Document Type: Article

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