Temporal trends of hydrocarbons in sediment cores from the Pearl River Estuary and the northern South China Sea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 442-448

  Peng, Xianzhi ^a   Wang, Zhendi ^b   Yu, Yiyi ^a   Tang, Caiming ^a   Lu, Hong ^a   Xu, Shiping ^a   Chen, Fanrong ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a   Chen, Shejun ^a   Li, Kechang ^a   Yang, Chun ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compound specific isotopic fingerprinting; Dated sediment cores; Hydrocarbon accumulation; The South China Sea

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURIES; ACCUMULATION RATES; COMBUSTION OF COALS; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPIC FINGERPRINTING; CRUDE OILS; DATED SEDIMENT CORES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; LUBE OILS; PEARL RIVER DELTAS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARIES; PETROGENIC; STABLE CARBONS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; THE SOUTH CHINA SEA; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES;

BIOMASS; COAL COMBUSTION; GEMS; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OIL SPILL; PAH; SEDIMENT CORE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RIVER; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 55749084232     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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