Chlorine isotope evidence for the anthropogenic origin of tris-(4-chlorophenyl)methane

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1301-1306

  Holmstrand, Henry ^a   Zencak, Zdenek ^a   Mandalakis, Manolis ^a,c   Andersson, Per ^b   Gustafsson, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCT; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREY SEAL; IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NATURAL SOURCES;

ACETONITRILE; CHLORINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; METHANOL;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; PINNIPED;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 77955664186     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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