Molecular characterisation of anthropogenic sources of sedimentary organic matter from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 408-416

  Dauner, Ana Lúcia L ^a,b   Hernández, Edgardo A ^c,d   MacCormack, Walter P ^c,d   Martins, César C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Prog de Pós Grad em Sist Cost e Oceânicos PGSISCO da Univ Fed do Par   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Carlini station; Coprostanol; PAHs; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CARLINI STATION; COPROSTANOL; PAHS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

SEWAGE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE;

ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; POTTER COVE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907699117     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.043     Document Type: Article

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