Petroleum hydrocarbons ten years after spillage at a helipad in Bunger Hills, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-429

  Gore, D B ^c   Revill, A T ^a,b   Guille, D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon degradation; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; KEROSENE; LUBRICANT; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM; POLLUTED SOIL; SEDIMENT;

OIL SPILL; POLAR REGION; POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; BUNGER HILLS;

EID: 0033451869     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000541     Document Type: Article

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