Fluxes and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the Timor Sea ecosystem with special reference to active natural hydrocarbon seepage

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 140-155

  Burns, K A ^a   Brinkman, D L ^a   Brunskill, G J ^b   Logan, G A ^d   Volk, H ^c   Wasmund, K ^a   Zagorskis, I ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degradation rates; Hydrocarbon fluxes; Oil seeps; Sediment traps; Timor Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; OIL SEEP; OXIDATION; PAH; PARTICLE SETTLING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION RATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEEPAGE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76049108921     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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