Concentrations and possible sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in the soils of Hong Kong

Geoderma

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 244-251

  Zhang, H B ^a,c   Luo, Y M ^a,c   Wong, M H ^a,b   Zhao, Q G ^a,c   Zhang, G L ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hong Kong soils; PCB congener pattern; Principal component analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; LAND FILL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CHLORINATED CONGENERS; LINEAR CORRELATION; PCB CONGENER PATTERN;

SOILS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; NEW TERRITORIES; SHA TIN; TSUEN WAN;

EID: 33847687813     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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