The use of the isotopic composition of individual compounds for correlating spilled oils and refined products in the environment with suspected sources

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 341-348

  Paul Philp, R ^a   Allen, Jon ^a   Kuder, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Gas chromatography; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; MTBE; Refined products; Stable isotopes; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036755639     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enfo.2002.0104     Document Type: Article

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