Dispersant effectiveness on oil spills - impact of salinity

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1418-1430

  Chandrasekar, Subhashini ^a   Sorial, George A ^a   Weaver, James W ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

baffled flask test; dispersant; dispersant effectiveness; environmental factors; oil remediation; oil spill

Indexed keywords

DISPERSANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 33748106142     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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