Hydrocarbons in coastal sediments from the Mediterranean sea (Gulf of Fos area, France)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 566-575

  Mille, Gilbert ^a   Asia, Laurence ^a   Guiliano, Michel ^a   Malleret, Laure ^a   Doumenq, Pierre ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Gulf of Fos; Hydrocarbons; Mediterranean sea; Natural n alkane ratio; PAHs; Sediments

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PARAFFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS;

BIOGENICS; GULF OF FOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NATURAL N-ALKANE RATIO;

SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALKANE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PETROGENESIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PYROLITE; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; FRANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GULF OF FOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34248189785     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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