Compositional changes of aromatic steroid hydrocarbons in naturally weathered oil residues in the Egyptian western desert

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 219-225

  Barakat, A O ^a   Qian, Y ^b   Kim, M ^b   Kennicutt II, M C ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chemical fingerprinting; Oil spill; Source parameters; Weathering parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036756230     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enfo.2002.0095     Document Type: Article

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