Sedimentary record of black carbon in the Pearl River estuary and adjacent northern South China Sea

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3464-3472

  Sun, Xuesong ^a,b   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Song, Jianzhong ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Hu, Jianfang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON BLACK; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL GAS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; FRUITS; GEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; BLACK CARBONS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY STRUCTURES; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; HONG KONG REGIONS; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEAS; OR FLUXES; PEARL RIVER DELTAS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARIES; POLLUTION INDICATORS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTERS; TOTAL ORGANIC C;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BLACK CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

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

EID: 56649092820     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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