Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil and surface marine sediment near Jubany Station (Antarctica). Role of permafrost as a low-permeability barrier

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 193-204

  Curtosi, Antonio ^a,b   Pelletier, Emilien ^b   Vodopivez, Cristian L ^a   Mac Cormack, Walter P ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic soils; Hydrocarbon contamination; Marine sediments; PAH distribution; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; COMBUSTION; FISHERIES; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROCARBONS; PERMAFROST; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COASTAL SEDIMENTS; PATTERN DISTRIBUTION; PRISTINE AREAS; SCIENTIFIC OPERATIONS; SURFACE MARINE SEDIMENT;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; DIESEL FUEL; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RAIN;

COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LOW TEMPERATURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BURN; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; FISHERY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCIENCE; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; THAWING; TIME; TOURISM; WASTE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; PERMEABILITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34447095301     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.025     Document Type: Article

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