Characterization of PAH Sources in Sediments of the Thea Foss/Wheeler Osgood Waterways, Tacoma, Washington

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 815-834

  Stout, Scoff A ^a   Uhler, Allen D ^a   Emsbo Mattingly, Stephen D ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal tar; MGP; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTILLATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS; TAR;

PYROGENIC SOURCES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

THEA;

EID: 0347651890     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588330390254892     Document Type: Article

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