A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-169

  Nuelle, Marie Theres ^a   Dekiff, Jens H ^a   Remy, Dominique ^a   Fries, Elke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Density separation; Gas chromatography; Marine plastic debris; North; Pyrolysis; Sea

Indexed keywords

DENSITY SEPARATION; MARINE PLASTICS; NORTH; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC); PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEA; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION;

FLOTATION; FLUIDIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PYROLYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; DENSITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; FLOTATION; FLUIDIZATION; GERMANY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTH SEA; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORDERNEY; NORTH SEA;

DENSITY SEPARATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE PLASTIC DEBRIS; NORTH SEA; PYROLYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH SEA; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884566666     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.027     Document Type: Article

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