Persistent toxic substances in soils and waters along an altitudinal gradient in the Laja River Basin, Central Southern Chile

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 905-915

  Barra, Ricardo ^a   Popp, Peter ^b   Quiroz, Roberto ^a   Bauer, Coretta ^b   Cid, Hernan ^a   Tümpling, Wolf Von ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chile; Laja River; PAHs; Pollution; POPs; Snow; Soils; Waters

Indexed keywords

LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION (LLE); ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PERSISTENT TOXIC SUBSTANCES (PTS); SUPERFICIAL WATER;

FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ACETONE; CYCLOHEXANE; LAKE WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SNOW; SURFACE WATER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER;

PAH; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHILE; CHLORINATION; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALTITUDE; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIOCIDES; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SOIL;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844300357     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.09.050     Document Type: Article

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