Hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the Sfax coastal zone, (Tunisia) Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1287-1294

  Zaghden, Hatem ^a   Kallel, Monem ^a   Louati, Afifa ^a   Elleuch, Boubaker ^a   Oudot, Jean ^b   Saliot, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hydrocarbons; Petroleum contamination; Sediment; South Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEAN SURFACE; PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION; SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PETROLEUM; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TUNISIA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 27744482596     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.04.045     Document Type: Article

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