Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Sediment Cores of Selected Creeks in Delta State, Nigeria

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-133

  Eguvbe, Peter M ^a   Iwegbue, Chukwujindu M A ^a   Ogala, Jude E ^a   Nwajei, Godwin E ^a   Egboh, Sunny H O ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

anthropogenic; core sediment; creeks; petrogenic; petroleum hydrocarbons; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); pyrogenic; toxic equivalency factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897098662     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2014.890147     Document Type: Article

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