Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopane in Malacca coastal water: 130 years of evidence for their land-based sources

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-78

  Sakari, Mahyar ^a   Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi ^b   Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim ^c   Lajis, Nordin Haj ^b   Abdullah, Mohd Harun ^a   Shahbazi, Azadeh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Crankcase oil; Hopane; PAHs; Strait of Malacca

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952713440     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2010.547911     Document Type: Article

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