Concentration, composition and sources of PAHs in the coastal sediments of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Qatar, Arabian Gulf

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 542-548

  Soliman, Y S ^a   Al Ansari, E M S ^a   Wade, T L ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Composition; PAHs; Sediments; Sources

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; SEDIMENTS;

ARABIAN GULF; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; OFFSHORE LOCATIONS; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BIPHENYL; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PAH; PETROLEUM; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; QATAR; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL SPILL; PROCEDURES; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; QATAR;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QATAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906244252     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.027     Document Type: Article

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