Source apportionment of polychlorinated biphenyls in the sediments of the Delaware River

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4277-4283

  Praipipat, Pornsawai ^a   Rodenburg, Lisa A ^a   Cavallo, Gregory J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Delaware River Basin Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATIVE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC PEAKS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDES; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD;

DECHLORINATION; ESTUARIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TITANIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1242; AROCLOR 1248; AROCLOR 1254; AROCLOR 1260; PIGMENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE;

DATA SET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; PIGMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ESTUARY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECYCLING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWER; SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

DELAWARE; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DELAWARE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877632893     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400375e     Document Type: Article

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