Petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations in marine sediments along chennai coast, bay of Bengal, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-401

  Venkatachalapathy, R ^a   Veerasingam, S ^a   Ramkumar, T ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chennai coast; Marine sediments; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; BAY OF BENGAL , INDIA; CHENNAI COAST; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTION MONITORING PROGRAMS; SEDIMENT CORE; SHIPPING ACTIVITIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; ULTRA-VIOLET;

COASTAL ZONES; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PETROLEUM; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77958090153     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0097-7     Document Type: Article

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