PCBs and PAHs in surficial sediments from aquatic environments of Mexico City and the coastal states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Oaxaca and Veracruz (Mexico)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1537-1545

  Piazza, Rossano ^a,d   Ruiz Fernández, Ana Carolina ^b   Frignani, Mauro ^c   Zangrando, Roberta ^d   Bellucci, Luca Giorgio ^c   Moret, Ivo ^a,d   Páez Osuna, Federico ^b,e  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e El Colegio de Sinaloa   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aquatic environments; Mexico; PAHs; PCBs; Sediments

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

COMMERCIAL MIXTURE; ERM (EFFECT RANGE MEDIAN); FINE FRACTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; GUIDELINE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PAH; PCB; PETROGENESIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43549109842     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0935-z     Document Type: Article

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