Occurrence of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) and their application as a tracer for sewage derived pollution in urban estuarine sediments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 185, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-133

  Li, Xiaolin ^a   Luo, Xiaojun ^b   Mai, Bixian ^b   Liu, Jingqin ^c   Chen, Li ^a   Lin, Shanshan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Pearl River Estuary; Persistent organic pollutants; Quaternary ammonium compounds; Sediment; Sewage tracer

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND;

SEDIMENTS;

DIALKYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TRACER;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84888341743     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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