Enhanced oil biodegradation with mineral fine interaction

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 263-267

  Lee, Kenneth ^a   Weise, Andrea M ^b   St Pierre, Sylvie ^a  

^a Fish Oceans Maurice Lamontagne I   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Clay oil flocculation; Oil spill cleanup; Oil mineral fine interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042036768     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(97)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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