Molecular characterisation of the dissolved organic matter of wastewater effluents by MSSV pyrolysis GC-MS and search for source markers

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 504-512

  Greenwood, P F ^a,b   Berwick, L J ^b   Croue J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Biomarkers; Dissolved organic matter; Microbial; MSSV pyrolysis; Waste water

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISSOLUTION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; METABOLITES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PYROLYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED BENZENE; ANTHROPOGENIC; ANTHROPOGENIC CHEMICALS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; MACROMOLECULAR FRACTIONS; MICROBIAL; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION;

EFFLUENTS;

BENZENE; BETA CARBOLINE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; DIOXANE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FURAN; LIGNIN; PHENOL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMARKER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84857797431     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.051     Document Type: Article

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