Natural rates of sediment containment of PAH, PCB and metal inventories in Sydney Harbour, Nova Scotia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4858-4869

  Smith, J N ^a   Lee, K ^a   Gobeil, C ^b,c   Macdonald, R W ^d  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Geochronology; PAH; Pb; PCB; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; CATCHMENT BASINS; COKE INDUSTRY; CONTAMINANT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FIRST-ORDER PROCESS; HARBOUR SEDIMENTS; NOVA SCOTIA; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PAH; PB; PCB; SEDIMENT BURIAL; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT CORE; STEEL MILL; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SYDNEY HARBOUR; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME-SCALE;

AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; COKE; COKE OVENS; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; OVENS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STEEL; STOVES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CESIUM 137; COKE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD 210; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PAH; PCB; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TIME; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; NOVA SCOTIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

EID: 67649090187     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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