Effects of beach sand properties, temperature and rainfall on the degradation rates of oil in buried oil/beach sand mixtures

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-118

  Rowland, A P ^a   Lindley, D K ^a   Hall, G H ^a   Rossall, M J ^a   Wilson, D R ^a   Benham, D G ^a   Harrison, A F ^a   Daniels, R E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burial; Decomposition; Lysimeter experiment; Oil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; OIL; PETROLEUM; RAIN;

BEACH; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; RAINFALL; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SAND; SEASHORE; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033627441     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00224-9     Document Type: Article

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