A comprehensive numerical approach to predict Oil-Mineral Aggregate (OMA) formation following oil spills in aquatic environments

2005 International Oil Spill Conference, IOSC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 10803-10807

  Khelifa, Ali ^a   Hill, Paul S ^b   Lee, Kenneth ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; KINETIC ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; OIL PROPERTIES; OIL SPILL MODELING;

OIL SPILLS;

EID: 33646041921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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