Persistence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments in the deeper area of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1839-1846

  Marini, Mauro ^a   Frapiccini, Emanuela ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep Adriatic Sea; Marine sediments; PAHs; Persistence

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL OILS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ADRIATIC SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; PERSISTENCE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN BASIN; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO VALLEY;

EID: 84872682672     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.080     Document Type: Article

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