Evaluation of a chemical munition dumpsite in the Baltic Sea based on geophysical and chemical investigations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3536-3553

  Missiaen, Tine ^a   Söderström, Martin ^b   Popescu, Irina ^a   Vanninen, Paula ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chemical analysis; Chemical munition dumpsite; Seismic magnetic

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BOTTOM WATER; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SULFUR MUSTARD; SULPHUR MUSTARD;

AMMUNITION; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICALS; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SULFUR;

DEGRADATION;

ARSINE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHLOROBENZENE; MUSTARD GAS; TABUN; HAZARDOUS WASTE; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROBENZENE; DEGRADATION; GEOPHYSICS; LANDFILL; SULFUR; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTAMINATION; EVALUATION; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; BOMB; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HAZARDOUS WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BOMBS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 77953810069     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.056     Document Type: Article

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