Chlorinated paraffins in sediments from the Pearl River Delta, South China: Spatial and temporal distributions and implication for processes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9936-9943

  Chen, Man Ying ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Zhang, Xiu Lan ^c   He, Ming Jing ^a,b   Chen, She Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Sino Japan Friendship Centre for Environmental Protection   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED CONGENERS; CHLORINATED PARAFFINS; CHLORINE CONTENT; E-WASTE; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; LONG CHAINS; MEDIUM-CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFINS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POND SEDIMENTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SOUTH CHINA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; LAKES; PARAFFINS; RIVERS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHLORINE; MEDIUM CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFIN; PARAFFIN; SHORT CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLORINATION; DECHLORINATION; POND; RECYCLING; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; RIVERS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 82355190951     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202891a     Document Type: Article

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