Aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in recent prodelta sediments of the Evros River, N.E. Aegean Sea

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 776-783

  Kanellopoulos, Theodore D ^a   Hatzianestis, Ioannis ^a   Angelidis, Michael O ^b   Kapsimalis, Vasilios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Core sediments; Evros River; Hydrocarbons; PAH

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PAH; SEDIMENT CORE;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; EVROS RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34547795149     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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