PAHs in the Fraser River basin: A critical appraisal of PAH ratios as indicators of PAH source and composition

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 489-515

  Yunker, Mark B ^a   Macdonald, Robie W ^b   Vingarzan, Roxanne ^c   Mitchell, Reginald H ^d   Goyette, Darcy ^c   Sylvestre, Stephanie ^c  

^a Box 6000 ^*  (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES;

CATCHMENTS; COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

PAH; PROVENANCE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0036213496     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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