Characterization, weathering, and application of sesquiterpanes to source identification of spilled lighter petroleum products

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8700-8707

  Wang, Zhendi ^a   Yang, Chun ^a   Fingas, Merv ^a   Hollebone, Bruce ^a   Peng, Xianzhi ^a   Hansen, Asger B ^b   Christensen, Jan H ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL SPILLS;

BICYCLIC BIOMARKERS; EVAPORATIVE WEATHERING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; SESQUITERPANES;

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;

BICYCLO COMPOUND; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIESEL FUEL; FUEL; PENTACYCLIC TERPANE; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; STERANE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; TRICYCLIC TERPANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; OIL SPILL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROLEUM; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 27744599639     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051371o     Document Type: Article

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