Pollution history revealed by sedimentary records: A review

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-270

  Heim, Sabine ^a   Schwarzbauer, Jan ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARES; SEDIMENT CONTAMINANTS; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SPECTRA'S;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84883040043     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-013-0409-3     Document Type: Review

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