Tracking the weathering of an oil spill with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-44

  Nelson, Robert K ^a   Kile, Brian M ^a   Plata, Desiree L ^a   Sylva, Sean P ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Gaines, Richard B ^b   Frysinger, Glenn S ^b   Reichenbach, Stephen E ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouchard 120; Bunker C; Buzzards Bay; Comprehensive two dimensional gas chromatography; Difference chromatogram; GC x GC; Massachusetts; No. 6 fuel oil; Oil spill; Petroleum weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044434148     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920500506758     Document Type: Article

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