Anthropogenic pollution and oxygen depletion in the lower Yangtze River as revealed by sedimentary biomarkers

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-98

  Zhu, Chun ^a   Pan, Jian M ^b   Pancost, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CONCERNS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE; OXYGEN DEPLETION; PETROLEUM POLLUTANT; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; YANGTZE RIVER;

POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXYGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84869237955     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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