Environmental magnetic and petroleum hydrocarbons records in sediment cores from the north east coast of Tamilnadu, Bay of Bengal, India

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 681-690

  Venkatachalapathy, R ^a   Veerasingam, S ^a   Basavaiah, N ^b   Ramkumar, T ^a   Deenadayalan, K ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetic susceptibility; Marine pollution; Multivariate analysis; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Remanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BAY OF BENGAL , INDIA; CHEMICAL METHOD; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; EAST COAST; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FERRIMAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; RAPID METHOD; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; MAGNETIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MAGNETISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MAGNETICS; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHENNAI; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 79954603495     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.030     Document Type: Article

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