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- Title
Pollution chronology of Lake Valencia, Venezuela.
- Authors
Jaffé, R.; Espiño, R.; Benitez, F.; Gardinali, P.
- Abstract
The article presents a study of the pollution profiles of metals, aliphatic hydrocarbons, and total aromatic hydrocarbons in Lake Valencia, Venezuela. It uses fluorescence spectroscopy, high resolution gas chromatography, and standard spectrophotometric method to analyze the compounds. It suggests that the pollution chronology of the area correlates with the development of anthropogenic activities including population growth, industrial development, and agricultural activities.
- Subjects
VALENCIA Lake (Venezuela); VENEZUELA; POLLUTION; METALS &; the environment; ALIPHATIC hydrocarbons; AROMATIC compounds &; the environment; FLUORESCENCE spectroscopy; GAS chromatography
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1995, Vol 54, Issue 6, p930
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00197981