The relationship between oil droplet size and upper ocean turbulence

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 961-970

  Li, Ming ^a,b   Garrett, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPLET; OIL SPILL; OIL-WATER EMULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

DROPLET; FLUID MECHANICS; OIL SPILL; TURBULENCE; UPPER OCEAN;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; SEA POLLUTION; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032421088     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00096-4     Document Type: Article

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