Alkane and PAH depositional history, sources and fluxes in sediments from the Fraser River Basin and Strait of Georgia, Canada

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1429-1454

  Yunker, Mark B ^a   Macdonald, Robie W ^b  

^a Box 6000 ^*  (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OLEFINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; WEATHERING;

HUMAN ACTIVITIES;

SEDIMENTS;

ALKANE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMBUSTION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PAH; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER BASIN; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

EID: 0141836687     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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