Source elucidation of perfluorinated carboxylic acids in remote alpine lake sediment cores

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7188-7194

  Benskin, Jonathan P ^a   Phillips, Vanessa ^a   St Louis, Vincent L ^a   Martin, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE LAKES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BRANCHED ISOMERS; DIRECT EMISSIONS; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROALKYL CHAINS; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; REMOTE REGIONS; REMOTE SITES; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VAPOR PHASE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ISOMERS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

ALCOHOL; ALKYL GROUP; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUORIDE; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONYL FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DATA SET; EMISSION; FLUORIDE; FLUORINE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; HYPOTHESIS; ISOMER; LAKE SEDIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; QUALITY CONTROL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 80052228130     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2011176     Document Type: Article

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