Sedimentary transport and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from managed burning of moorland vegetation on a blanket peat, South Yorkshire, UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-94

  Vane, Christopher H ^a   Rawlins, Barry G ^a   Kim, Alexander W ^a   Moss Hayes, Vicky ^a   Kendrick, Christopher P ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combustion; Heather; Moorland; PAH; Peat; Perylene; Reservoir; Sediments

Indexed keywords

2-METHYLNAPHTHALENE; BLANKET PEAT; FINE FRACTION; HEAD WATERS; HEATHER; ISOMERIC RATIOS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MOORLAND; PERYLENES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTIONS; RESERVOIR CORES; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SORPTION CAPACITIES; STREAM WATER; SURFACE LAYERS; YORKSHIRE , UK;

CATCHMENTS; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; NAPHTHALENE; PEAT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION; VEGETATION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; COAL; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PERYLENE; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

BLANKET BOG; BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MOORLAND; PAH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CALUNA VULGARIS; CATCHMENT; COAL COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GRASS; HEAD WATER SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; MOORLAND VEGETATION BURNING; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PLANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; SPHAGNUM; STREAM (RIVER); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITAS IDAEA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FIRES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; PLANTS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL;

ENGLAND; SOUTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873711645     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.043     Document Type: Article

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