Radiocarbon-based assessment of fossil fuel-derived contaminant associations in sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5428-5434

  White, Helen K ^a,b   Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOMASKS; SEDIMENTATION; SORPTION;

CHEMICAL BINDING; CONVENTIONAL ANALYTICAL; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

IMPURITIES;

CARBON 14; FOSSIL FUEL; FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE; SEA WATER; TRICHLOROETHANE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL BONDING; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS BALANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAPONIFICATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ADSORPTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 48749110241     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800478x     Document Type: Article

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