High-resolution depositional records of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the central continental shelf mud of the East China Sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5304-5311

  Guo, Zhigang ^a   Lin, Tian ^a   Zhang, Gan ^b   Yang, Zuosheng ^a   Fang, Ming ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; ENERGY STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MARINE POLLUTION;

FOSSIL FUEL; LEAD 210; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS BURNING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LEAD; MONSOON; PAH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748549677     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060878b     Document Type: Article

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