Linear alkylbenzenes in riverine runoff of the Pearl River Delta (China) and their application as anthropogenic molecular markers in coastal environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 348-355

  Ni, Hong Gang ^a,c   Lu, Feng Hui ^a,c   Wang, Ji Zhong ^a,c   Guan, Yu Feng ^a,c   Luo, Xian Lin ^b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Inventory; Linear alkylbenzenes; Molecular marker; Pearl River Delta; Riverine flux

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RUNOFF;

LINEAR ALKYLBENZENES; MOLECULAR MARKERS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; RIVERINE FLUX;

BENZENE;

ALKYLBENZENE; DETERGENT; MOLECULAR MARKER; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BENZENE; COASTAL ZONE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FIELD METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PADDY FIELD; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURE; ALKANES; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 44649090632     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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