Long-term changes in sediment barium inventories associated with drilling-related discharges in the Santa Maria Basin, California, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1653-1661

  Phillips, Charles ^a   Evans, John ^a   Hom, Wilson ^a   Clayton, John ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; California; Offshore oil drilling; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

BARIUM; DRILLING FLUID; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA MARIA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031814674     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620170903     Document Type: Article

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