Petroleum pollution in surface sediments of Daya Bay, South China, revealed by chemical fingerprinting of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Gao, Xuelu ^a,b   Chen, Shaoyong ^b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biomarkers; coastal zone; Daya Bay; oil pollution; organic matter; sediments

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BAY; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OIL POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VASCULAR PLANT; WAX;

ASIA; CHINA; DAYA BAY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 52149113768     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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