Particle deposition fluxes of BDE-209, PAHs, DDTs and chlordane in the Pearl River Delta, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3664-3670

  Li, Jun ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Li, Xiang Dong ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; BDE 209; OCPs; PAHs; Pearl River Delta (PRD)

Indexed keywords

AIR DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COASTAL SITES; DEPOSITION FLUXES; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; HONG-KONG; KEY FACTORS; LIGHT WEIGHT; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PHASE DEPOSITION; RESIDUAL TIME; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH CHINA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; GEMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RIVERS; SOILS;

DEPOSITION;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; AIR POLLUTANT; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHLORDANE; DDT; PAH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HONG KONG; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; KINETICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 77953811349     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.048     Document Type: Article

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