PAHs composition in surface and core sediments from the Santander Bay (Northern Spain)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 9 A, 2006, Pages 1031-1036

  Gonzalez Piñuela, Cristina ^a   Coz, Alberto ^a   Andres, Ana ^a   Irabien, Maria Jesús ^b   Yusta, Iñaki ^b   Viguri, Javier R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Core; Molecular ratios; PAHs; Santander Bay; Sediment; Surface

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANTABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTANDER BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33749683006     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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