Distribution and pollution sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in reclaimed tidelands and tidelands of the western sea coast of South Korea

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 385-393

  Cho, Jae Young ^a   Son, Jae Gwon ^a   Park, Bong Ju ^a   Chung, Byung Yeoup ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Organic pollutants; PAHs; Reclaimed tidelands; Soxhlet extraction

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LANDS; CARBON CONTENTS; CATION-EXCHANGE-CAPACITY (CEC); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT (DW); FLUORANTHENE (FL); MEAN VALUE (MV); PAHS; POLLUTION SOURCES; RECLAIMED TIDELANDS; SEA COAST; SOUTH KOREA; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COASTAL ZONES; FIRE HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; RECLAMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ARABLE LAND; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUORANTHENE; LAND RECLAMATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PYRENE; TIDAL FLAT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; KOREA; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 58549104758     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0214-9     Document Type: Article

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