Distribution of total petroleum hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in musa bay sediments (Northwest of the Persian Gulf)

Environment Protection Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-128

  Tehrani, Ghazaleh Monazami ^a,b   Hashim, Rosli ^a   Sulaiman, A Halim ^a   Sany, Belin Tavakoly ^a   Salleh, Aishah ^a   Jazani, Reza Khani ^b   Savari, Ahmad ^c   Barandoust, Rasoul Falah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KHORRAMSHAHR UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d Laboratory of PETZONE Environmental Office   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL AREA; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; PAH COMPOUNDS; PERSIAN GULF; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; TPH CONCENTRATIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

MUSA;

EID: 84876829303     PISSN: 03248828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.37190/epe130109     Document Type: Article

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