Trace metals in sediments near offshore oil exploration and production sites in the Alaskan Arctic

Environmental Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-160

  Trefry, John H ^a   Rember, Robert D ^a   Trocine, Robert P ^a   Brown, John S ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Beaufort Sea; Offshore oil; Sediment; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBON; COPPER; NICKEL; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GRANULOMETRY;

SEDIMENTS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; OIL INDUSTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346671010     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0882-2     Document Type: Article

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