Historical and chemical assessment of the sources of PAHs in soils at a former coal-burning power plant, New Haven, Connecticut

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 195-211

  Stout, Scott A ^a   Wasielewski, Timothy N ^b  

^a NewFields Environmental Forensics   (United States)

^b Adv Environmental Interface Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom ash; Chemical fingerprinting; Clinker; Dredged sediments; MGP waste

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS;

EID: 11244329641     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920490886789     Document Type: Article

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