A preliminary investigation of the environmental impact of a thermal power plant in relation to PCB contamination

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 968-977

  Gedik, Kadir ^a,b   Imamoglu, Ipek ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aroclor; Chemical mass balance model; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Receptor model

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; CLOPHEN A60; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ASH; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CLEANUP; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POWER PLANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; THERMAL POWER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POWER PLANTS; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TURKEY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

KUTAHYA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 79960098925     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0430-z     Document Type: Article

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