Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of organic contaminants in natural environments: a critical review of the state of the art, prospects, and future challenges

TC Schmidt, L Zwank, M Elsner, M Berg… - Analytical and …, 2004 - Springer
Compound-specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) using gas chromatography-isotope ratio
mass spectrometry (GC/IRMS) has developed into a mature analytical method in many …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in terrestrial and aquatic environments following wildfire: a review

KA Kieta, PN Owens, EL Petticrew… - Environmental …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Wildfires are a natural landscape disturbance in many climates and forest types, but the
cumulative impact of human-caused climate change, historical fire management and …

Radiocarbon as a tool to apportion the sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and black carbon in environmental samples

CM Reddy, A Pearson, L Xu, AP McNichol… - Environmental …, 2002 - ACS Publications
To determine the relative inputs of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and black
carbon (BC) in environmental samples from the combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, we …

Molecular distributions and stable carbon isotopic compositions of dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in aerosols from Sapporo, Japan: Implications for …

SG Aggarwal, K Kawamura - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular and stable carbon isotopic (δ13C value) compositions of dicarboxylic acids,
ketoacids, and dicarbonyls in aerosol samples (ie, total suspended particles) collected in …

Stable isotope measurements of carbon fractions (OC/EC) in airborne particulate: A new dimension for source characterization and apportionment

L Huang, JR Brook, W Zhang, SM Li, L Graham… - Atmospheric …, 2006 - Elsevier
A method to measure 13C/12C ratios of individual carbon fractions of airborne particular
matter (PM) from filter samples using a stepwise thermal desorption/combustion OC/EC …

Source identification of Malaysian atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons nearby forest fires using molecular and isotopic compositions

T Okuda, H Kumata, MP Zakaria, H Naraoka… - Atmospheric …, 2002 - Elsevier
We report measurements of molecular and carbon isotopic compositions of Malaysian
atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in smoke haze from the 1997 …

Contribution of biomass burning to atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at three European background sites

M Mandalakis, Ö Gustafsson, T Alsberg… - … science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
Radiocarbon analysis of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from three
background areas in Sweden, Croatia, and Greece was performed to apportion their origin …

Molecular compositions and stable carbon isotopes (δ13C) of PAHs in wintertime PM2. 5 in urban Xi'an, China: Implications for source distribution and atmospheric …

J Li, X Wang, W Dai, W Qi, H Liu, M Shen, Y Liu… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are potentially carcinogenic and
mutagenic to human beings, and thus have attracted significant attention in recent decades …

The emergence of stable isotopes in environmental and forensic geochemistry studies: a review

RP Philp - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2007 - Springer
In the past decade, environmental forensics has emerged as a discipline directed toward
determining parties liable for causing spills of contaminants into the environment. Such …

Concentrations, isotopic compositions, and sources of size‐resolved, particulate organic carbon and oxalate in near‐surface marine air at Bermuda during spring

VC Turekian, SA Macko… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
During spring 1998, concentrations and stable isotopic compositions of organic carbon and
oxalate were measured in size‐segregated aerosols at Bermuda to characterize sources …