Cleaning oiled shores: Laboratory experiments testing the potential use of vegetable oil biodiesels

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-304

  Pereira, M Glória ^a   Mudge, Stephen M ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiesel oils; Cleanup; Crude oil; Sediments; Shoreline cleaner; Spill

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GRAVEL; PORE SIZE; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

STATIC SYSTEMS;

VEGETABLE OILS;

DIESEL FUEL; PETROLEUM; RAPESEED OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; SURFACE WATER; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOFUEL; CLEANUP; CRUDE OIL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; LABORATORY TEST; MESOCOSM; MICROCOSM; OIL SPILL; SAND; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

GLYCINE MAX; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0142056215     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00665-9     Document Type: Article

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