Compound-specific isotope analysis coupled with multivariate statistics to source-apportion hydrocarbon mixtures

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1916-1924

  Boyd, Thomas J ^a   Osburn, Christopher L ^a   Johnson, Kevin J ^a   Birgl, Keri B ^a,b   Coffin, Richard B ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Laboratory Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS (CSIA); ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; TRIPLICATE ANALYSES;

HYDROCARBONS;

FUEL; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMBUSTION; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NAVY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; VOLATILIZATION; WEATHERING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33645222735     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050975p     Document Type: Article

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