PAHs and PCBs deposited in surficial sediments along a rural to urban transect in a Mid-Atlantic coastal river basin (USA)

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1333-1345

  Foster, Gregory D ^a   Cui, Vickie ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission sources; PAHs; PCBs; Potomac river; Surficial sediments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH SCIENCES; FORESTRY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

EMISSION SOURCES; PAHS; PCBS; POTOMAC RIVER; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FLUORANTHENE; PERYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; SEWER OUTFALL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 51549110009     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802231941     Document Type: Article

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