Oil contamination of sedimentary shores of the Galápagos Islands following the wreck of the Jessica

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 303-312

  Kingston, P F ^a   Runciman, D ^a   McDougall, J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gal pagos; Hydrocarbon contamination; Jessica; Oil spill; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL TANKERS; SEDIMENTS;

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; SEDIMENTARY SHORES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

GROUNDING (VESSEL); OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ECUADOR; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; ACCIDENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; SHIP; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0038079734     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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