Flash Pyrolysis of Anthropogenic and Natural Organic Matter in Polluted Sediments

• Main Authors: Abdel Bagi, Sami T, Kruge, Michael A, Salmon, Gary L
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 1996
• Subjects: sediment contamination; environmental forensics; organic geochemistry; polycyclic aromatic compounds; PAHs; coal; coke; fly ash; pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; organic petrography; Grand Calumet River; Illinois; Indiana; Analytical Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Monitoring; Geochemistry; Sedimentology; Christensen; Levy; Rhone; Calumet; Calumet River; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/88; https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=earth-environ-studies-facpubs

INTRODUCTION - Combustion products along with spilled petroleum and industrial chemicals contribute to environmental degradation by contaminating soils and sediments. Such anthropogenic organic matter (OM), if preserved in sediments, can serve an archival function, documenting the local, history of...