Source allocation by least-squares hydrocarbon fingerprint matching

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6561-6567

  Burns, William A ^a   Mudge, Stephen M ^b   Bence, A Edward ^c   Boehm, Paul D ^d   Brown, John S ^d   Page, David S ^e   Parker, Keith R ^f  

^a W A Burns Consulting Services LLC   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AEB Services LLC ^*  (United States)

^d EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^e BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^f Data Analysis Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OIL SPILLS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS; COAL ATTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROCARBON; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OIL SPILL; PAH;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRAINED LEAST SQUARES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OIL SPILL; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

ALASKA; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750888285     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0603094     Document Type: Article

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