Contribution of PAHs from coal-tar pavement sealcoat and other sources to 40 U.S. lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-344

  Van Metre, Peter C ^a   Mahler, Barbara J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cores; PAH; Pavement; Receptor modeling; Sediment; Sources; Trends; Urban

Indexed keywords

CORES; PAH; RECEPTOR MODELING; SOURCES; TRENDS; URBAN;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TAR; LAKES; PAVEMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

COAL TAR; FUEL OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COAL TAR; COATING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; PAH; PAVEMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WOOD;

COAL TAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649737488     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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