The impact of salt water inflows on the distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the deep water of the Baltic Sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 279-301

  Witt, Gesine ^a   Matthäus, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Deep water; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Salt water inflows

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; EPISODIC EVENT; INFLOW; PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALT WATER;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0343026488     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(01)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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