Linking ramped pyrolysis isotope data to oil content through PAH analysis

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Pendergraft, Matthew A ^a   Dincer, Zeynep ^b   Sericano, José L ^b   Wade, Terry L ^b   Kolasinski, Joanna ^a   Rosenheim, Brad E ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotope; Gulf oil spill; PAH; petroleum hydrocarbon; radiocarbon; ramped pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OIL CONTAMINATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); RADIOCARBON; THERMO-CHEMICAL STABILITY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL; PAH; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

BARATARIA BAY; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891906289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044038     Document Type: Article

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