Sediments of salt lakes as a new source of volatile highly chlorinated C1/C2 hydrocarbons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Weissflog, L ^a   Lange, C A ^a   Pfennigsdorff, A ^a   Kotte, K ^a   Elansky, N ^b   Lisitzyna, L ^b   Putz, E ^c   Krueger, G ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ARID REGIONS; LAKES; TOXICITY; VEGETATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

METHYL CHLOROFORM; SALT LAKES; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRICHLOROETHENE;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DESERTIFICATION; SALINE LAKE; TOXICITY;

HALOBACTERIA;

EID: 16344395023     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020807     Document Type: Article

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