Organic components of Algerian desert dusts

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 925-931

  Ladji, Riad ^a   Yassaa, Noureddine ^b   Balducci, Catia ^c   Cecinato, Angelo ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE EN ANALYSES PHYSICO CHIMIQUES CRAPC   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Gas chromatographic mass spectrometric analysis; Particulate organic matter; Sahara sand

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SAND;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE DECOMPOSITION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALKANE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DESERT; DUST; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DESERT; OXIDATION; SAND; WINTER;

AFRICA;

EID: 77957756393     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.059     Document Type: Article

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