Source apportionment of PAHs using unmix model for yantai costal surface sediments, China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-35

  Lang, Yin Hai ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Costal surface sediments; PAHs; Source apportionment; Unmix model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS COMBUSTION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

COAL COMBUSTION; POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891830675     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1164-7     Document Type: Article

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