Inputs and sources of hydrocarbons in sediments from Cienfuegos bay, Cuba

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1624-1634

  Tolosa, I ^a   Mesa Albernas, M ^b   Alonso Hernandez, C M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Caribbean Region; Cienfuegos bay; Cuba; Hydrocarbons; Keywords; PAH; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CIENFUEGOS BAY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; PETROGENIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMARKER; CRUDE OIL; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAKE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER BASIN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTION; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIENFUEGOS; CIENFUEGOS BAY; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70449704533     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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