Native polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in coals - A hardly recognized source of environmental contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2461-2473

  Achten, C ^a,b   Hofmann, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bituminous coal; Hard coal; Native PAH; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATIONS; HARD COAL; METHYLENE BRIDGES; NATIVE PAH; ORGANIC MATTERS; POLYAROMATIC; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; SIDE CHAINS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENTS; STATE-OF-THE ARTS;

ANTHRACITE; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PAH;

COAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL;

EID: 61449155330     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.008     Document Type: Review

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