Characterization and fate of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in soils and sediments at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Ohio

Chemosphere

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-100

  Kruse, Natalie A ^a   Bowman, Jennifer ^a   Lopez, Dina ^a   Migliore, Elizabeth ^a   Jackson, Glen P ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor; Congener; Department of Energy; OCDD; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

AROCLORS; CONGENER; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; OCDD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPLOSION; FIRE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; CLAY; FIRE; GRAIN; SEDIMENT; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AROCLOR; CONGENER; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; OCDD; SEDIMENT;

BENZOFURANS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OHIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84905707130     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.092     Document Type: Article

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