Modeling polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composition profiles of sources and receptors in the Pear River Delta, China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-9

  Lang, Chang ^a   Tao, Shu ^a   Wang, Xuejun ^a   Zhang, Gan ^b   Fu, Jiamo ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fugacity model; Pearl River Delta; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon profiles; Source appointment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EMISSION SOURCES; FUGACITY MODELING; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PEAR RIVER DELTA;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

EMISSION; FUGACITY; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

PYRUS;

EID: 38049071461     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-114.1     Document Type: Article

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