Concentration and character of PAHs and other hydrocarbons in coals of varying rank - Implications for environmental studies of soils and sediments containing particulate coal

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 801-819

  Stout, Scott A ^a   Emsbo Mattingly, Stephen D ^a  

^a NewFields Environmental Forensics Practice LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AROMATICS (CO); BIOMARKER; COAL RANKS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETERS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; EPA METHOD; HOPANOID; MASS BALANCING; PAH RATIOS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SEDIMENT EXTRACTS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; STERANE; TOTAL EXTRACTABLE HYDROCARBONS (TEH); VOLATILE BITUMINOUS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BIOMARKERS; BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON; COAL INDUSTRY; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CURING; DICHLOROMETHANE; DRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH; HYDROCARBONS; LABORATORIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SULFUR; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

COAL;

BIOMARKER; COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 45449093374     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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