Sediment records of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the continental shelf of China: Implications for evolving anthropogenic impacts

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6497-6504

  Liu, Liang Ying ^a,c   Wang, Ji Zhong ^a   Wei, Gao Ling ^a,c   Guan, Yu Feng ^a   Wong, Charles S ^b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; CHINESE HISTORY; CIVIL WAR; COMBUSTION SOURCES; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION REDUCTION; FLUORANTHENE; HISTORICAL RECORDS; PAH EMISSIONS; PERYLENES; POLLUTION LEVEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); PRIORITY POLLUTANTS; SAMPLING TIME; SEDIMENT CORE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; YELLOW SEA;

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMISSION CONTROL; HISTORY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NATURAL GAS; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84862549629     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300474z     Document Type: Article

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