Organic carbon-water concentration quotients (Πsocs and πpocs): Measuring apparent chemical disequilibria and exploring the impact of black carbon in Lake Michigan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3615-3621

  Burkhard, Lawrence P ^a   Cook, Philip M ^a   Lukasewycz, Marta T ^a  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CARBONACEOUS GEOSORBENT EFFECTS; DISEQUILIBRIA CALCULATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

CARBON BLACK;

DIBENZOFURAN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

CARBON BLACK; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BLACK CARBON; EQUILIBRIUM; LAKE WATER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PAH; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; STEADY STATE; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; FRESH WATER; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43749124259     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702652b     Document Type: Article

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