The concentrations, distribution and sources of PAHs in agricultural soils and vegetables from Shunde, Guangdong, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 61-76

  Li, Yong Tao ^b   Li, Fang Bai ^a   Chen, Jun Jian ^a   Yang, Guo Yi ^a   Wan, Hong Fu ^a   Zhang, Tian Bin ^a   Zeng, Xiao Duo ^a   Liu, Jian Ming ^a  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Distribution; PAHs; Shunde (China); Source; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; POND SEDIMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STACKED SOIL; VEGETABLE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; COAL; FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PAINT; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SORBENT;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FURNITURE; GENERATOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; POND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; SHUNDE;

EID: 40549118193     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9816-x     Document Type: Article

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