Characterization of organic matter in dusts and fluvial sediments from exposed areas of downtown Prague, Czech Republic

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-86

  Sýkorová, Ivana ^a   Havelcová, Martina ^a   Trejtnarová, Hana ^a   Matysová, Petra ^a,b   Vašíček, Michal ^a   Kříbek, Bohdan ^c   Suchý, Václav ^d   Kotlík, Bohumil ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^d Jiránkova 1136 4   (Czech Republic)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Carbonaceous particles; Dust; Fluvial sediment; Py GC MS

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; BLACK CARBON; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; CHAR PARTICLES; COMBUSTION RESIDUES; DUST PARTICLE; DUST SAMPLES; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; FUNGAL SPORES; LOCAL HEATING; MOLECULAR BIOMARKER; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLEN GRAINS; PRAGUE , CZECH REPUBLIC; PY-GC/MS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WOOD ASH; WOOD TISSUES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON BLACK; CHARCOAL; DUST; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALGA; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BLACK CARBON; CHARCOAL; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CHARCOAL; DUST; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; PRAGUE;

ALGAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349998705     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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