Distribution of black carbon in the surface sediments of the East China Sea and their correlations with persistent organic pollutants

Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2335-2340

  Lin, Tian ^a,b   Fang, Yin ^c   Chen, Ying Jun ^c   Hu, Li Min ^d   Guo, Zhi Gang ^b   Zhang, Gan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Grain size; Inner continental shelf of ECS; POPs; Sediment; Total organic carbon (TOC)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEA; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84865287169     PISSN: 02503301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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