Temporal trends of aliphatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the Bohai Sea, China: Evidence from the sedimentary record

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1181-1193

  Hu, Limin ^a,c   Guo, Zhigang ^b,c   Shi, Xuefa ^a   Qin, Yanwen ^d   Lei, Kun ^d   Zhang, Gan ^e  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; BOHAI SEA; C/N RATIO; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; ENERGY STRUCTURES; HISTORICAL TRENDS; HOPANES; N-ALKANES; PERYLENES; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROGENIC ORIGINS; RIVERINE DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; STERANES; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER MOUTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL COMBUSTION; ECONOMICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ABUNDANCE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOMARKER; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 80053459755     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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