Modelling the long-term fate of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) in the Grenland Fjords, Norway

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 188-202

  Persson, N Johan ^a   Cousins, Ian T ^a   Molvær, Jarle ^b   Broman, Dag ^a   Næs, Kristoffer ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Fate; Management; Model; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; MODEL BIAS; SEDIMENT BURIAL; WATER FLUX;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IMPURITIES; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXADIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FJORD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PCDD; PCDF; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DYNAMICS; MODEL; NORWAY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENT;

BENZOFURANS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33747890612     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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