Perfluoroalkyl substances and extractable organic fluorine in surface sediments and cores from Lake Ontario

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 389-397

  Yeung, Leo W Y ^a,b   De Silva, Amila O ^c   Loi, Eva I H ^a   Marvin, Chris H ^c   Taniyasu, Sachi ^b   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^b   Mabury, Scott A ^d   Muir, Derek C G ^c   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core; Flux; PFAS; PFOS; Sediment; Unidentified fluorine

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE; FLUXES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

CORE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFAS; PFOS; UNIDENTIFIED ORGANIC FLUORINE;

CORE SAMPLES;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANOATE; PERFLUORODECANOATE; PERFLUORODODECANOATE; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORINE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; FRACTIONATION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; MISSISSAUGA; NIAGARA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CORE; FLUX; PFAS; PFOS; SEDIMENT; UNIDENTIFIED FLUORINE;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; ONTARIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881095375     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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