Fate of linear alkylbenzenes and benzothiazoles of anthropogenic origin and their potential as environmental molecular markers in the Pearl River Delta, South China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3502-3507

  Ni, Hong Gang ^a,b   Shen, Ru Lang ^a   Zeng, Hui ^c   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzothiazoles; Environmental fate; Linear alkylbenzenes; Mass balance box model; Pearl River Delta; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIAZOLES; BOX MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE; MASS BALANCE; PEARL RIVER DELTA;

HYDROPHOBICITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS;

GEMS;

ALKYLBENZENE; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AUTOMOBILE; COASTAL WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXHAUST EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LINEARITY; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OUTFLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATERSHED;

BENZENE; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 71049156299     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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