Source identification and tracking of an unknown spilled oil from Quebec (1998) by unique biomarkers and diagnostic ratios of "Source-specific Marker" compounds

Environment Canada Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar (AMOP) Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-128

  Wang, Zhendi ^a   Fingas, Merv ^a   Landriault, Michael ^a   Sigouin, Lise ^a   Grenon, Stephane ^a   Zhang, Dachung ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Global Geochemistry Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GASOLINE; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; PRODUCT LIABILITY; RESIDUAL FUELS; RIVERS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT; COMBINED TECHNIQUES; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROCARBON MIXTURE; MICROBIAL COMPONENTS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 0011335473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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