Source apportionment of PAH in Hamilton Harbour suspended sediments: Comparison of two factor analysis methods

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6007-6014

  Sofowote, Uwayemi M ^a   Mccarry, Brian E ^a   Marvin, Christopher H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL COMBUSTION; CORRELATION METHODS; FACE RECOGNITION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FOOD PROCESSING; FORECASTING; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LIQUID FUELS; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PORTS AND HARBORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR;

ANALYTE; COMBUSTION SOURCES; CORRELATION CO-EFFICIENT; DIESEL EMISSIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HAMILTON; HARBOUR SEDIMENTS; MOBILE SOURCES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ONTARIO , CANADA; POLLUTION SOURCES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RECEPTOR MODELING; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE IDENTIFICATIONS; SULFUR HETEROCYCLES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TAR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIESEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL TAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ONTARIO; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; HAMILTON HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 49749152454     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800219z     Document Type: Article

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