Aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface sediments of the Mediterranean: Assessment and source recognition of petroleum hydrocarbons

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4571-4589

  El Nemr, Ahmed ^a   El Sadaawy, Manal M ^a   Khaled, Azza ^a   Draz, Suzanne O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Hydrocarbons PAHs; Mediterranean; Pollution monitoring; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CARBONIC ACID; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; SILICATE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EGYPT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [EGYPT];

EID: 84879056130     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2889-1     Document Type: Article

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