Geochemical distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils and sediments of El-Tabbin, Egypt

Chemosphere

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-74

  Havelcová, Martina ^a   Melegy, Ahmed ^b   Rapant, Stanislav ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c Geological Survey of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Egypt; El Tabbin area; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; FOSSIL FUELS; MINERAL OILS; PARAFFINS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

EGYPT; EL-TABBIN AREA; MOLECULAR PATTERNS; PETROGENIC CONTAMINATION; PETROGENIC SOURCES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; FOSSIL FUEL; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANE; FUNGUS; MAP; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PAH; PETROGENESIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EGYPT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL SPILL; RIVER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

FUNGI;

BIOMASS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887613058     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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