Compositions and sources of extractable organic matter in Mesopotamian marshland surface sediments of Iraq: II. Polar compounds

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1171-1181

  Rushdi, Ahmed I ^a   DouAbul, Ali A ^b   Mohammed, Sama Samir ^b   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iraq Foundation   (Iraq)

Author keywords

GC MS; Lipids; Mesopotamian marshes; Steroids; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; STAINLESS STEEL; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; GC-MS; MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES; TRITERPENOIDS;

SOILS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID; MARSH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STEROID; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33747734726     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0289-y     Document Type: Article

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