Novel evidence for natural formation of dioxins in ball clay

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1280-1289

  Horii, Yuichi ^a   van Bavel, Bert ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a   Petrick, Gert ^c   Nachtigall, Kerstin ^c   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^d  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

CSIA; Dioxin source; Kaolin; Octachlorodibenzo p dioxin; PCDD; Pentachlorophenol; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONTAMINATION; KAOLIN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DIOXIN SOURCE; OCTACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON; DIOXIN; KAOLIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

CLAY; CONTAMINATION; KAOLIN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; FLY ASH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KAOLIN; PCDD; PCP; TERTIARY;

ARTICLE; CLAY; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIOXINS; JAPAN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37649025518     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.07.066     Document Type: Article

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