The role of biodegradation in the weathering of oil from the 1970 Arrow spill

Environment Canada Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar (AMOP) Proceedings

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 717-727

  Prince, R C ^a   Garrett, R M ^a   Haith, C E ^a   Vandermeulen, J H ^b   Cobanli, S ^b   Mossman, D ^b   Lee, K ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

A-HEAVY FUEL OIL; ANAEROBIC SEDIMENT; EDMONTON , ALBERTA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE OIL SPILLS; NATURAL EVOLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; TECHNICAL SEMINARS;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 22944474653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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