Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in recent sediments of Sundarban mangrove wetland of India and Bangladesh: A comparative approach

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 355-367

  Zuloaga, Olatz ^a   Prieto, Ailette ^a   Ahmed, Kawser ^b   Sarkar, Santosh Kumar ^c   Bhattacharya, Asokkumar ^c   Chatterjee, Mousumi ^c   Bhattacharya, Bhaskar Deb ^c   Satpathy, Kamala Kanta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; India; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Sediment; Sundarban

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; MINERAL OILS; PYRENE; WETLANDS;

BANGLADESH; BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE; COMPARATIVE APPROACH; INDIA; PAH DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SUNDARBAN;

SEDIMENTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANGROVE; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WETLAND;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 84872010627     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1743-7     Document Type: Article

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