Influence of coal-tar sealcoat and other carbonaceous materials on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon loading in an urban watershed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1217-1223

  Yang, Yaning ^a   Van Metre, Peter C ^b   Mahler, Barbara J ^b   Wilson, Jennifer T ^b   Ligouis, Bertrand ^c   Razzaque, Muhit ^c   Schaeffer, David J ^a   Werth, Charles J ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Geological Survey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; COAL TAR PITCH; LAKE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC PETROGRAPHY; PARKING LOTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; STREAMBEDS; STREET DUST; URBAN WATERS; URBAN WATERSHED;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COAL; COAL DUST; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TAR; COLOR; LAKES; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARKING; PETROGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ASPHALT; CARBON; COAL TAR; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ASPHALT; COAL TAR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PAH; PETROGRAPHY; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; DUST; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOOT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

CARBON; COAL TAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

FORT WORTH; ITALY; LAKE COMO; LOMBARDY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77149159813     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902657h     Document Type: Article

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