Sub-soil contamination due to oil spills in six oil-pipeline pumping stations in northern Mexico

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 893-906

  Iturbe, Rosario ^a   Flores, Carlos ^a   Castro, Alejandrina ^a   Torres, Luis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Northern Mexico; Oil spills; Oil pipelines; PAHs; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

OIL PIPELINES; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; OIL PIPELINE; OIL SPILL; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; LAW; MEXICO; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; PIPELINE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER;

COAHUILA; DURANGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247169526     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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