Fatty Alcohols: Anthropogenic and Natural Occurrence in the Environment

by Scott E. Belanger, Stephen Mudge, SDA, et al.

Fatty alcohols occur naturally in most organisms and can also be used in consumer products including detergents and cosmetics and all of these materials make their way to the sea eventually. These long chain alcohols can be used as biomarkers due to their distinctive source allocations although they have differential degradation rates across the range of chain lengths. Concern has been raised about their inputs from anthropogenic uses and this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854041524
• ISBN13: 9780854041527
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"