Nonequilibrium of organic compounds in Sediment-Water systems. Consequences for risk assessment and remediation measures

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10900-10908

  Van Noort, P C M ^a,b   Koelmans, A A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; GENERAL PATTERNS; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OVERLYING WATER; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PORE WATERS; REMEDIATION MEASURES; SEDIMENT PORE WATER; SEDIMENT REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT-WATER SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SURFACE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POREWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84870045763     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300630t     Document Type: Article

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