Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) patterns in climatically different ecological zones of Brazil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1405-1417

  Wilcke, Wolfgang ^a,e   Amelung, Wulf ^a,e   Krauss, Martin ^a,e   Martius, Christopher ^b   Bandeira, Adelmar ^c   Garcia, Marcos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

TERMITES;

NAPHTHALENE;

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; TERMITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL SOIL; WOODY PLANT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0141725373     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00137-2     Document Type: Article

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