PAHs distribution in sediments associated with gas hydrate and oil seepage from the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2714-2723

  Wang, Cuiping ^a   Sun, Hongwen ^a   Chang, Ying ^a   Song, Zhiguang ^b   Qin, Xuebo ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Oil seepage; PAHs; Sediment; The Gulf of Mexico

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURANS; DIBENZOTHIOPHENES; DRY WEIGHT; GAS VENTING; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GULF OF MEXICO; OIL SEEPAGES; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PAHS; PETROGENIC; PETROGENIC SOURCES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STERANES; SULFUR LEVELS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ASSOCIATED GAS; FLUORINE; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; OIL FIELDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE; SULFUR;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON; DIBENZOFURAN; FLUORINE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYROGEN; THIOPHENE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEEPAGE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEXICO; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT;

GAS, NATURAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GULF OF MEXICO; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 81855194481     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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