Quantitative evaluation of Elbe River-derived organic marker compounds in sediment samples from the German Bight

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Schwarzbauer, Jan ^a   Littke, Ralf ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elbe river derived contamination; German Bight; North Sea; Organic marker compounds; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84930476582     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2004.04.100     Document Type: Article

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