Hydrocarbon pollution in the sediment from the Jarzouna-Bizerte coastal area of Tunisia (Mediterranean Sea)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 566-572

  Zrafi Nouira, I ^a   Khedir Ghenim, Z ^a   Zrafi, F ^a   Bahri, R ^a   Cheraeif, I ^b   Rouabhia, M ^c   Saidane Mosbahi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Mediterranean Sea; Non aromatic hydrocarbons; Petroleum contamination; Refinery rejection; Superficial sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SOURCES; BIOMARKER; BUSINESS MEDIA; COASTAL AREAS; HIGH VARIABILITY; HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; LAYER 1; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OIL REFINERIES; PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION; SPRINGER (CO); SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL HYDROCARBON (THC); TUNISIA;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROFLUIDICS; NATURAL RESOURCES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POLLUTION; REFINING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TUNISIA;

EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PETROLEUM; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 46249104975     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9421-x     Document Type: Article

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