Dispersion and fate of produced formation water constituents in an Australian Northwest Shelf shallow water ecosystem

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 593-603

  Burns, K A ^a   Codi, S ^a   Furnas, M ^a   Heggie, D ^b   Holdway, D ^b   King, B ^a   McAllister, F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hydrocarbons; Mass balance; Oil spill modelling; Produced formation water

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SURFACE WATER;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPERSION; FORMATION WATER; OIL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENT; OIL INDUSTRY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032586582     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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