Formation and characterization of oil - Mineral aggregates

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-44

  Stoffyn Egli, Patricia ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^b  

^a BDR Research Limited   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Clay oil flocculation; Oil dispersion; Oil properties; Oil spill fate; Oil mineral interactions

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DISPERSION; FLOCCULATION; OIL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION;

CLAY; DISPERSION; FLOCCULATION; OIL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION;

EID: 0036488378     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(02)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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