Finding risky areas for oil spillage after tanker accidents at Istanbul strait

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-400

  Başar, Ersan ^a   Köse, Ercan ^a   Güneroglu, Abdulaziz ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bosphorus; Istanbul strait; Oil pollution; Oil spill; Risk assessment; Simulation; Tanker accident; Turkish strait system

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OIL TANKERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

BOSPHORUS; ISTANBUL STRAIT; OIL POLLUTION; TANKER ACCIDENT; TURKISH STRAIT SYSTEM;

OIL SPILLS;

GOME; OIL SPILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERWAY TRANSPORT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TURKEY;

LIBELLULIDAE;

EID: 33748452633     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2006.010580     Document Type: Article

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