Modeling the fate of drilling waste in marine environment - an overview

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 531-540

  Khondaker, A N ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drilling waste; Environmental modeling; Marine environment; Marine pollution; Sediment transport; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUID; MODEL; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DRILLING FLUID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0034011939     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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