The West Falmouth oil spill after thirty years: The persistence of petroleum hydrocarbons in marsh sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4754-4760

  Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a   Hounshell, Aubrey ^a   White, Helen K ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Gaines, Richard B ^b   Frysinger, Glenn S ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIDUES;

CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

OIL SPILLS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; OIL SPILL; PERSISTENCE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARSH; OIL SPILL; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACCIDENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MASSACHUSETTS; PETROLEUM; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037110506     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es020656n     Document Type: Article

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