Assessing anthropogenic contamination in surface sediments of Niger Delta, Nigeria with fecal sterols and n-alkanes as indicators

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 441, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-96

  Sojinu, Samuel O ^a,c   Sonibare, Oluwadayo O ^b   Ekundayo, O ^b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^c  

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic contamination; N Alkanes; Niger Delta; Petrogenic source; Sterols; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; N-ALKANES; NIGER DELTA; PETROGENIC SOURCES; STEROLS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ALCOHOLS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA CHOLESTANONE; BETA CHOLESTANONE; PETROLEUM; STEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ALKANE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STEROL;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INDEX; FECES; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NIGERIA; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALKANES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NIGERIA; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; RIVERS; STEROLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84868240168     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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