Assessment of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and trace elements in coastal sediments of the Saronikos Gulf, Greece (Eastern Mediterranean)

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-393

  Sklivagou, E ^a   Varnavas, S P ^b   Hatzianestis, I ^c   Kanias, G ^d  

^a General Chemical State Laboratory   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aliphatic hydrocarbons; Eastern mediterranean; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment quality guidelines; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OUTFALLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEANS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; INDUSTRIALLY IMPACTED; LITHOGENIC; NORMALIZED VALUES; PRIMARY TREATMENTS; SARONIKOS GULFS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEWAGE OUTFALLS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IRON; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARONICOS GULF; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57449089121     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190802474554     Document Type: Article

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