Distribution of organochlorine compounds in superficial sediments from the Gulf of Lion, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 235-248

  Salvadó, Joan A ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   López, Jordi F ^a   Durrieu de Madron, Xavier ^b   Pasqual, Catalina ^c   Canals, Miquel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CEFREM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE ISOMERS; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISCHARGE; GRAIN SIZE; NOAA SATELLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; FRANCE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE DELTA; SPAIN;

EID: 84888028231     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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