Susceptibility of synthetic long-chain alkylbenzenes to degradation in reducing marine sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6361-6368

  Eganhouse, Robert P ^a   Pontolillo, James ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEGRADATION; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ALKYLBENZENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENES;

LABORATORIES;

ALKYLBENZENE; MOLECULAR MARKER; OXYGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERSISTENCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SULFONATE; SURFACTANT;

AEROBE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

AEROBIC CONDITION; ALKYL BENZENE; ANALYTICAL ERRORS; CHEMICAL INVENTORY; DECADAL TIMESCALE; FIELD STUDIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR MARKER; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SULFONATE SURFACTANTS; TIME INTERVAL; TRANSFORMATION RATES;

EID: 50849129146     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801132y     Document Type: Article

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