Comparison between anthropogenic hydrocarbons and magnetic susceptibility in sediment cores from the Santos Estuary, Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-246

  Martins, César C ^a,b   Mahiques, Michel M ^b   Bícego, Márcia C ^b   Fukumoto, Marina M ^b   Montone, Rosalinda C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYDROCARBON; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARY; MAGNETISM; SEDIMENT;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETICS; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; SANTOS ESTUARY; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846641195     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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