Historical deposition behaviors of PAHs in the Yangtze River Estuary: Role of the sources and water currents

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2020-2026

  Wang, Dongxin ^a   Feng, Chenghong ^a   Huang, Luxia ^a   Niu, Junfeng ^a   Shen, Zhenyao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Historical deposition; PAHs; Sources; Water currents

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; ESTUARIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SHIPS;

CONTROLLING FACTORS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION BEHAVIOR; DEPOSITION PROCESS; HISTORICAL PROFILES; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; WATER CURRENTS; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; IMPOUNDMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PAH; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; ESTUARY; OCEAN CURRENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TRANSPORT;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84872686707     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.079     Document Type: Article

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