Oil spill containment by a flexible boom system

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 509-520

  Wong, Kau Fui Vincent ^a   Barin, Eryurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascaded system; Collection efficiency; Flexible boom; Oil spill

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT; FLOATING BOOM; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CONTAINMENT; FLOATING BOOM; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0141749424     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(03)00064-1     Document Type: Article

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