Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in coastal sediments of the Izmit Bay (Marmara Sea): Case studies before and after the Izmit Earthquake

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 758-765

  Tolun, L ^a   Martens, D ^b   Okay, O S ^c   Schramm, K W ^b  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Earthquake; Origin of PAHs; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Surface sediments; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; EARTHQUAKES; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

COASTAL WATERS; ORIGIN OF PAHS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; THRESHOLD EFFECT LEVEL;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL POLLUTION; PAH; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

EURASIA; IZMIT BAY; KOCAELI [TURKEY]; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 33745394517     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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