Distribution of petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations in coastal sediments along Tamilnadu coast, India

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 5-8

  Veerasingam, Subramanian ^a   Raja, Pitchaikkaran ^a   Venkatachalapathy, Ramdoss ^a   Mohan, Rajarethinam ^a   Sutharsan, Palanivel ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Coastal sediments; India; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Tamilnadu coast

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77957859803     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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