Scenarios of temporal and spatial evolution of hexabromocyclododecane in the North Sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4622-4628

  Ilyina, Tatiana ^a,c   Hunziker, René W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DOW EUROPE GMBH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; IN-LINE; MEASURED DATA; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL STUDY; NORTH SEA; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT MODELS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; STEADY STATE; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

WATER TREATMENT;

DEGRADATION;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; SEA WATER; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEGRADATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; STEADY STATE;

GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NORTH SEA; RIVERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77953494305     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9034599     Document Type: Article

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