Distribution of DDT and other persistent organic contaminants in Canyons and on the continental shelf off the central California coast

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-217

  Hartwell, S Ian ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural pollution; Canyons; Continental shelf slope; DDT; Monterey Bay; Organic compounds; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF/SLOPE; MONTEREY BAY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CANYON; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DDT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749083908     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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