Utility of soil linear alkylbenzenes to assess regional anthropogenic influences with special reference to atmospheric transport

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 528-536

  Wei, Gao Ling ^a,c   Bao, Lian Jun ^a   Guo, Ling Chuan ^a,c   He, Zai Cheng ^a   Wu, Feng Chang ^b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Pearl River Delta; Sewage pollution; Soil linear alkylbenzenes; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIODEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SEWAGE POLLUTIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

LABORATORIES;

ALKYLBENZENE; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BENZENE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWAGE; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIODEGRADATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SEWAGE POLLUTION; SOIL LINEAR ALKYLBENZENES; SPATIAL PATTERN;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84899831223     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.067     Document Type: Article

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