Historical record of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs) in marine sediment cores from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-200

  Martins, César C ^a   Bícego, Márcia C ^b   Rose, Neil L ^c   Taniguchi, Satie ^b   Lourenço, Rafael A ^b   Figueira, Rubens C L ^b   Mahiques, Michel M ^b   Montone, Rosalinda C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fly ash; Hydrocarbons; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ADMIRALTY BAY , KING GEORGE ISLAND , ANTARCTICA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PAH ISOMER RATIOS; RESEARCH STATIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPHEROIDAL CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; COMBUSTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMARKER; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLY ASH; HISTORICAL RECORD; PAH; PETROLEUM; POLYMER; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLY ASH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 71749108585     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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