Vertical distribution and source identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in southwest of the Caspian Sea: Most petrogenic events during the late Little Ice Age

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-163

  Varnosfaderany, Mohammad Nemati ^a   Bakhtiari, Alireza Riyahi ^a   Gu, Zhaoyan ^b   Chu, Guoqiang ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; CSL; LIA; PAHs; Petrogenic

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL;

CASPIAN SEA; CSL; LIA; PAHS; PETROGENIC;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1 METHYLPYRENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2,3,5 TRIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2,6 DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 3,6 DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE; ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]FLUORENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; C1 PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; CESIUM 137; CHRYSENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; LEAD 210; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; CESIUM; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANT;

LITTLE ICE AGE; OIL POLLUTION; PAH; PETROGENESIS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CASPIAN SEA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LITTLE ICE AGE; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CASPIAN SEA;

CESIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LEAD; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924057551     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.063     Document Type: Article

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