Sub-soil contamination due to oil spills in zones surrounding oil pipeline-pump stations and oil pipeline right-of-ways in Southwest-Mexico

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 387-398

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

PAHs; Pipelines; Pumping stations; Soil contamination; TPHs

Indexed keywords

SOIL CONTAMINATION; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS;

CONTAMINATION;

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

OIL PIPELINE; OIL SPILL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LAW; MEXICO; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

MEXICO; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548711959     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9593-y     Document Type: Article

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