Pesticide residues in the sediments from the lakes of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Sarkar, A., Singbal, S.Y.S., Fondekar, S.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Indian; Gand; Dakshin Gangotri; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740002101x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740002101X

Abstract Concentration levels of various organochlorine pesticides and their derivatives — namely, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH) and the DDT compounds pp'-DDT, op'-DDT, pp'-DDE, op'-DDE, pp'-DDD, and op'-DDD — were determined in the sediments from eight different lakes o...