Oil identification based on a goodness-of-fit metric applied to hydrocarbon analysis results

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 349-355

  Short, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; Oil spill; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036756261     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enfo.2002.0105     Document Type: Article

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