PCBs in Great Lakes sediments, determined by positive matrix factorization

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-63

  Soonthornnonda, Puripus ^a   Zou, Yonghong ^a   Christensen, Erik R ^a   Li, An ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor; Congener patterns; Dechlorination; Great Lakes; Positive matrix factorization (PMF)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DECHLORINATION; AROCLORS; CONGENER PATTERN; CONGENER PATTERNS; DATA MATRICES; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; LOW DEGREE; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO; PCB CONCENTRATION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF); SEDIMENT CORE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; USAGE PATTERNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DECHLORINATION; FACTORIZATION; LAKES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DECHLORINATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; PCB; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79951581632     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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