Modern and fossil contributions to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM 2.5 from North Birmingham, Alabama in the Southeastern U.S.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1422-1429

  Xu, Li ^a   Zheng, Mei ^b,c   Ding, Xiang ^c,d   Edgerton, Eric S ^e   Reddy, Christopher M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ALABAMA; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; BIOMASS-BURNING; BIRMINGHAM; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL SOURCES; FOSSIL SOURCES; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; TWO SOURCES;

COKE PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOMASS;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CARBON; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FOSSIL FUEL; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL FUEL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANT; SEASONALITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

BIOMASS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856703428     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2043189     Document Type: Article

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