Distribution of alkylphenols in the Pearl River Delta and adjacent northern South China Sea, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 652-661

  Chen, Bing ^a,b   Duan, Jing Chun ^a   Mai, Bi xian ^a   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Yang, Qing Shu ^a   Sheng, Guo Ying ^a   Fu, Jia Mo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol; Pearl River Delta; Sediment; South China Sea; Water

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHENOLS; SEDIMENTS;

ALKYLPHENOL; ORGANIC CARBON; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALKYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHENOLS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SAMPLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LINGDING BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; XI RIVER; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 33645743965     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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