Potential contributions of asphalt and coal tar to black carbon quantification in urban dust, soils, and sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6830-6840

  Yang, Yaning ^a   Mahler, Barbara J ^b   Van Metre, Peter C ^b   Ligouis, Bertrand ^c   Werth, Charles J ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; BLACK CARBON; CHROMATE; COAL TAR; DUST; OXIDATION; PAVEMENT; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

EID: 78049381512     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.041     Document Type: Article

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