Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in intertidal flat surface sediments from the Yangtze estuary, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 90-95

  Liu, M ^a   Hou, L J ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Zou, H X ^b   Lu, J H ^b   Wang, X R ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Distribution; PAHs; Sources; Surface sediments; Yangtze estuary

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

ANTHRACENE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ESTUARY; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TIDAL FLAT;

CHINA;

EID: 0035526360     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100347     Document Type: Article

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