Sources, dispersal pathways and mass budget of sedimentary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the NW Mediterranean margin, Gulf of Lions

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 142-144, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-28

  Bouloubassi, Ioanna ^a   Roussiez, Vincent ^b,c   Azzoug, Moufok ^a   Lorre, Anne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accumulation fluxes; Mass budget; Mediterranean Sea; Petrogenic PAH; Pollution; Pyrolytic PAH; Sediments; Transport pathways

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DISPERSION; MASS BALANCE; OPEN OCEAN; PAH; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 84866138630     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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