Characterizing the near-bottom dispersion of drilling mud on three Canadian offshore banks

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1433-1443

  Hannah, Charles G ^a   Drozdowski, Adam ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; MARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; DRILL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARIUM SULFATE; BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 27744440447     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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