A comparison of sedimentary aliphatic hydrocarbon distribution between East China Sea and southern Okinawa Trough

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 582-592

  Jeng, Woei Lih ^a   Huh, Chih An ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Hydrocarbon; Sediment; Southern Okinawa Trough

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROUGH;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 39149142183     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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