Study of the 25-year-old Nipisi oil spill: Persistence of oil residues and comparisons between surface and subsurface sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2222-2232

  Wang, Zhendi ^a   Fingas, Merv ^a   Blenkinsopp, Sandra ^a   Sergy, Gary ^a   Landriault, Michael ^a   Sigouin, Lise ^a   Lambert, Pat ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; SEDIMENTS;

OIL RESIDUES; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS;

OIL SPILLS;

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ALKANE; ALKYLBENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

OIL SPILL; PERSISTENCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0032145453     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es971070h     Document Type: Article

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