Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in lake sediments record historic fire events: Validation using HPLC-fluorescence detection

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-17

  Denis, Elizabeth H ^a,d   Toney, Jaime L ^a   Tarozo, Rafael ^a   Scott Anderson, R ^b   Roach, Lydia D ^c   Huang, Yongsong ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; FIRE EVENT; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE INTENSITY; FIRE SCARS; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HISTORIC FIRES; HPLC-FLD; HPLC-FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL FIRE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); SELECTIVE ION MONITORING; TREE RINGS; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHARCOAL; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FIRES;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FLUORESCENCE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; PAH; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEDIMENTS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84862783277     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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