Testing fire resistant boom in waves and flames

Proceedings - 20th Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 823-839

  McCourt, James ^a   Buist, Ian ^a   Pratte, Bruce ^b   Jamieson, Wayne ^b   Mullin, Joseph ^c  

^a SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; ARCTIC VEHICLES; MARINE POLLUTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL BOOMS; OIL SPILLS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WATER WAVES;

BUBBLER SYSTEM; COMBINED EFFECT; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICES; SCREENING TESTS; TEST PROTOCOLS; WAVES AND CURRENTS;

DURABILITY;

EID: 0043209755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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