Modelling oil and gas releases from deep water: A review

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 189-198

  Yapa, Poojitha D ^a   Zheng, Li ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater blowouts; Gas spills; Oil jets; Oil plumes; Oil spills; Underwater blowouts; Underwater jets

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUT; JET FLOW; OIL SPILL; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

BLOWOUT; DEEP WATER; JET FLOW; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031545621     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(98)00020-6     Document Type: Review

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