Hydrocarbons in sediments of a chronically contaminated bay: The challenge of source assignment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-294

  Wagener, Angela de L R ^a   Meniconi, Maria de Fátima G ^b   Hamacher, Claudia ^a   Farias, Cassia O ^a,c   da Silva, Gilson C ^a,c   Gabardo, Irene T ^b   Scofield, Arthur de L ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estuarine sediments; N Alkanes; PAH; Source assignment; UCM

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; N-ALKANES; PETROGENIC; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOURCE ASSIGNMENT; SOURCE DISCRIMINATION; UCM;

BIODEGRADATION; COMBUSTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; COMPLEXITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PAH; PETROGENESIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGRAPHY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BAYS; BRAZIL; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84856271431     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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