Oil and water separation in marine oil spill clean-up operations

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 107-122

  Nordvik, Atle B ^a   Simmons, James L ^a   Bitting, Kenneth R ^b   Lewis, Alun ^c   Strøm Kristiansen, Tove ^c  

^a Environmental Marine Technology and Associates   (United States)

^b USCG Research & Development Cent   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Oil spill response; Oil weathering; Separation

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS-LIQUID; OIL SPILLS; SEPARATION-LIQUID/LIQUID;

EID: 0030390791     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(96)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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