An estimate of the annual input of natural petroleum hydrocarbons to seafloor sediments in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 744-749

  Page, David S ^a   Boehm, Paul D ^b   Douglas, Gregory S ^b   Bence, A E ^c   Burns, William A ^c   Mankiewicz, Paul J ^c  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Arthur D Little Inc   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030862364     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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